Live: Turmoil in Libya

Follow FRANCE 24’s live coverage of the unrest in Libya, where pressure grows on Col Muammar Gaddafi to step down amid reports scores of people have been killed in worsening clashes around the country.

By FRANCE 24 (text)

Crisis deepens in Libya

(02/22/2011)

11:00

FRANCE 24: Economic impact Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has summoned his key ministers for an emergency meeting as oil prices continue to soar to two-year highs amid escalating violence in the Middle East. Japan, which imports its oil, 90 percent of it from the Middle East is worried about the impact of the price rise on the fragile economic recovery. Tuesday February 22, 2011 11:00 FRANCE 24

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FRANCE 24: Italy is also sending an air force transport aircraft to evacuate Italian citizens in Benghazi. Tuesday February 22, 2011 10:54 FRANCE 24

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FRANCE 24: Three Turkish ships are en route for Benghazi to evacuate about 3,000 Turkish citizens from the Libyan city hit hardest by deadly protests, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in a news conference on Tuesday. According to Davutoglu, more than 1,000 Turkish citizens have been airlifted so far from Libya. Tuesday February 22, 2011 10:53 FRANCE 24

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FRANCE 24: U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has for an international probe into violence used by Libyan authorities to suppress protests, saying that such"unconscionable" violations must end immediately. Tuesday February 22, 2011 10:48 FRANCE 24

10:45

libyansrevolt: 8 coaches full of #libyans just left for #london protests - we just counted 450 demonstrators. #downingstreet gonna be busy! #libya #feb17 [via Twitter] Tuesday February 22, 2011 10:45 libyansrevolt

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FRANCE 24: (Reuters) Oil major Royal Dutch Shell said on Tuesday that all its expat employees and their dependants in Libya, involved primarily in the company's exploration activities in the country, had been relocated. Tuesday February 22, 2011 10:40 FRANCE 24

10:29

AliTweel: The mercenaries succeeded 2 shatter any groups lastnight by firing at them heavy machinegun, snipers hunting. Can they succeed tonight? [via Twitter] Tuesday February 22, 2011 10:29 AliTweel

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FRANCE 24: (Reuters) Runways at Libya's Benghazi airport have been destroyed in the violence that has gripped the country and passenger planes cannot land there, Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said on Tuesday. Tuesday February 22, 2011 10:24 FRANCE 24

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Anti-Gaddafi posters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, a suburb outside Paris ©Imed Bensaid (FRANCE24) Tuesday February 22, 2011 10:00

09:57

hebalsherif: In Dubai protesters entered the Libyan embassy, removed Gaddafi portrait, took it outside and smashed it on the ground: The National #feb17 [via Twitter] Tuesday February 22, 2011 09:57 hebalsherif

09:04

FRANCE 24: Blog (Lisa Goldman) Letter from Tripoli: An eyewitness account Tuesday February 22, 2011 09:04 FRANCE 24

08:53

FRANCE 24: The Arab League is due to hold an emergency meeting in Cairo for delegates on Tuesday to discuss the Libyan revolt, Reuters news agency is reporting. Tuesday February 22, 2011 08:53 FRANCE 24

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feb17libya: #feb17 An online Online memorial to remember those killed in the protest for a free Libya. http://f.ast.ly/Vqaqb #@shabablibya [via Twitter] Tuesday February 22, 2011 08:41 feb17libya

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FRANCE 24: (Reuters) Egyptian military to reinforce security on borders with Libya. A military official said Egypt will open the Salloum passage to enable the sick and injured to enter the country. Tuesday February 22, 2011 08:38 FRANCE 24

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FRANCE 24: @bencnn on Twitter: Egyptian doctors with medical supplies had been waiting hours to cross into #Libya. Egyptians very sympathetic to Libyan plight. #Egypt Tuesday February 22, 2011 08:15 FRANCE 24

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HumanRights666: RT @JacobPark: Two reporters now tweeting from inside #Libya: @nazaninemoshiri (Al Jazeera) and @bencnn (CNN) [via Twitter] Tuesday February 22, 2011 08:07 HumanRights666

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OnlyOneLibya: I’ve never seen the Libyan ppl more united in my life, so proud. Please look forward 2 a post #Gaddafi #Libya, God willing it’ll be amazing. [via Twitter] Tuesday February 22, 2011 07:54 OnlyOneLibya

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FRANCE 24: (Observers): Witnesses say African mercenaries have been captured in Libya. Read more Tuesday February 22, 2011 07:49 FRANCE 24

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evanchill: One of the clearer videos of the alleged "mercenaries" controlling security in Tripoli: http://ow.ly/40Skz #feb17 #Libya [via Twitter] Tuesday February 22, 2011 07:48 evanchill

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Farrah3m: If you are in BEIRUT LEBANON - PROTEST TODAY TO STOP MASSACRE IN #LIBYA - 5 pm at Jamet Aldowal alarebeyya office #gadafi #tripoli [via Twitter] Tuesday February 22, 2011 07:44 Farrah3m

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FRANCE 24: Libyan embassy staff in Malaysia has also condemned the "barbaric, criminal, bloodshed massacre of innoncent civilians. "We are not loyal to him, we are loyal to the Libyan people," ambassador Bubaker al-Mansori told reporters on Tuesday as some 200 Libyans staged an angry anti-government protest outside the embassy. Tuesday February 22, 2011 07:43 FRANCE 24

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FRANCE 24: (AFP) "My resignation is because of the massive violence against civilians in my country," Libya's ambassador to India, Ali al-Essawi told AFP by telephone. "Yesterday they started to use airplanes to bomb civilians demonstrating peacefully." Tuesday February 22, 2011 07:39 FRANCE 24

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FRANCE 24: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has appeared on state television late Monday to deny rumours he had fled to Venezuela amid the worst unrest to hit country in his 41-year rule. Tuesday February 22, 2011 07:37 FRANCE 24

Tuesday February 22, 2011