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Site in Libya may be mass graveupdated: Mon Sep 26 2011 19:06:00

CNN's Phil Black reports on a suspected mass grave site that could contain victims of Gadhafi's security forces.

Gadhafi regime's long-held secrets opening to viewupdated: Fri Sep 02 2011 06:58:00

The hurried exit from power by Moammar Gadhafi and his supporters has left a vast trove of documents that, after decades of being hidden from public view, are now open to the bereaved, the angry and the curious.

Gadhafi's secret state apparatusupdated: Fri Sep 02 2011 06:58:00

CNN's Dan Rivers gets inside Moammar Gadhafi's intelligence headquarters and finds thousands of dossiers intact.

Witness to Libyan prison massacre seeks justice for victimsupdated: Sat Aug 27 2011 20:46:00

Hussein Shafei prepared Saturday for a journey back to a place of darkness in Libya.

Law and order breaking down in Libya?updated: Sat Aug 27 2011 20:46:00

CNN's Michael Holmes takes a look at some video that is purported to show political prisoners freed from jail.

Matthew VanDyke's fiancee speaks outupdated: Sat Aug 27 2011 02:58:00

The fiancee of Matthew VanDyke, U.S. journalist who escaped a Libyan prison, says she hasn't seen him since February.

Freed U.S. journalist visits Libyan prison he was held for 5 monthsupdated: Sat Aug 27 2011 02:58:00

Just days after he escaped from Libya's infamous prison, Matthew VanDyke made an emotionally jarring return to the cramped cell he was held in solitary confinement for the past five months.

Islamic militants among prisoners freed from Libyan jailupdated: Fri Aug 26 2011 18:31:00

Hundreds of Islamist militants were among the prisoners freed from a notorious Tripoli prison this week, according to a former Libyan jihadist.

The Jihadi Codeupdated: Sat Nov 28 2009 07:42:00

Saif al Islam Gadhafi, the son of the Libyan leader talks to CNN about a new Jihadi code that could help fight terror in Libya.

Jihadist death threatened Libyan peace dealupdated: Sat Nov 28 2009 07:42:00

The long and intricate peace negotiations between the Libyan government and a radical Islamist group were nearly derailed by the sudden death in a Tripoli prison of a prominent Libyan Jihadist, Libyan sources revealed to CNN.

Militant deal opens door for new Libyaupdated: Fri Nov 27 2009 15:19:00

A recently completed peace deal with an Islamic militant group in Libya will help pave the way for the political opening and economic modernization of Libya, Saif al Islam al Gadhafi, the second eldest son of Libya's leader told CNN in an exclusive interview.

Libyan group denounces bin Laden ideologyupdated: Mon Nov 16 2009 07:07:00

In what may prove one of the biggest breakthroughs against Islamist terrorism since 9/11, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), a militant Libyan Jihadist group, once allied with Osama bin Laden and with close personal ties to al Qaeda's senior leadership, is publicly repudiating al Qaeda's ideology.

Jihad and juice inside Libya's terror jailupdated: Tue Nov 10 2009 10:35:00

As we first stepped into Libya's forbidding Abu Salim jail we had no idea what to expect.

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