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    November 19, 2011

Key Events in Libya's Revolution

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   Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. (file
   photo)
   Photo: AFP / Mahmud Turkia
   Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son and heir apparent of Libyan leader Moammar
   Gadhafi, speaks to a reporter in Tripoli on February 26, 2011

   The capture of Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libya's late leader
   Moammar Gadhafi and the only wanted member of the ousted ruling family
   to remain at large, is the just the latest in a series of dramatic
   events that has transformed the country.

   February 15, 2011: Riots break out in Benghazi inspired by Arab Spring
   revolts in Tunisia and Egypt.
   February 26, 2011: The U.N. Security Council imposes sanctions on
   Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and his family and calls on the
   International Criminal Court to investigate the crackdown on rebels.
   March 19, 2011: U.S., Britain and France launch U.N.-mandated air
   attack over Libya to halt advances on civilians by Gadhafi's forces.
   March 26, 2011: Rebels capture key city of Ajdabiya.

   A Libyan rebel fighter in Zawiya, western Libya, reacts to the news
   that the strategic city of Surman is now under the control of the rebel
   forces, August 14, 2011.

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   A Libyan rebel fighter in Zawiya, western Libya, August 14, 2011.
   March 30, 2011: Libyan Foreign Minister, Moussa Koussa, defects and
   flies to Britain. Other senior officials follow suit.
   April 30 , 2011: A NATO missile attack on a house in Tripoli kills
   Gadhafi's youngest son and three grandchildren.
   May 17, 2011: The International Criminal Court prosecutor seeks arrest
   warrants for Gadhafi for crimes against humanity.
   June 7, 2011: Gadhafi speaks on state television. He vows to fight to
   the end and never surrender.
   June 27, 2011: The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants
   for Gadhafi, his son Seif al-Islam Gadhafi and intelligence chief
   Abdullah al-Senussi on charges of crimes against humanity.
   July 15, 2011: The United States recognizes the National Transitional
   Council as the legitimate government of Libya.
   July 28, 2011: Former interior minister Abdel Fattah Younes, who
   defected to the rebels in February and became their military chief, is
   killed.
   August 14, 2011: Rebels claim to have captured the strategic town of
   Zawiyah, but fighting continues to rage.
   August 20, 2011: Rebels launch their first attack on the nation's
   capital, Tripoli in coordination with NATO forces.
   August 23, 2011: NTC fighters overrun Gadhafi's compound in Tripoli.
   October 20, 2011: Gadhafi is captured and dies in custody after NTC
   fighters take take over his hometown of Sirte.
   October 23, 2011: Libya's transitional leaders declare the country
   liberated.
   October 31, 2011: The NTC elects Abdel-Rahim el-Keeb as the country's
   new interim prime minister. The election takes place just hours before
   NATO ends its mission in Libya.
   November 19, 2011: Libyan military officials announce the capture of
   Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, the fugitive son long described as his father's
   heir apparent.

   Some information for this report was provided by Reuters.

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