Friday, September 2, 2011

#Libya's new leaders set for Tripoli move

AFP

Libya's new leaders say they will move to Tripoli next week after their forces defeated Muammar Gaddafi and they won wide international support for plans to bring democratic rule.

"We will go to Tripoli next week. Tripoli is our capital," National Transitional Council (NTC) chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil told dignitaries and tribesmen in the eastern city of Benghazi on Friday.

Three days after overrunning Tripoli, the NTC announced on August 26 plans to transfer its executive branch to the Libyan capital, but said the whole of the council and its chair would only move once security was guaranteed... read more