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By Al Jazeera Staff in Africa on April 12th, 2011
Anti-Gaddafi fighters pause on the front line outside Ajdabiya to let a caravan of camels pass [Photo: Reuters]

As the uprising in Libya continues, we update you with the latest developments from our correspondents, news agencies and citizens across the globe. Al Jazeera is not responsible for content derived from external sites.

By Al Jazeera Staff in Africa on March 30th, 2011
Libyan rebels rest in Ugayla after being pushed out of Ras Lanuf on Wednesday. [AFP]

As the uprising in Libya continues, we update you with the latest developments from our correspondents, news agencies and citizens across the globe. Al Jazeera is not responsible for content derived from external sites.

By Kristen Saloomey in Americas on March 22nd, 2011
Photo by Reuters
It was an unusually undiplomatic moment outside the UN security council chamber, and a sign of tension within. 
The Council had just decided not to hold an emergency meeting on Libya.
 
Russian ambassador Vitaly Churkin was on his way out the door when he publically chastised the spokesperson of another country for speaking to a group of reporters. (I can't tell you which country because conversations at this stake-out are supposed to be off the record, but Western diplomats routinely brief reporters in this informal setting).
 
"Double check with your ambassador," Churkin shouted at the spokesperson. "It's really impolite and rude.

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