On Friday, supporters of the anti-Gaddafi rebels tried to replace the embassy's Libyan flag with the rebel flag, but were stopped by the ambassador's son and the embassy guards. Three days later ...

Was the overthrow of Col Gaddafi worth it? Image: The new Libyan flag is raised during a parade in the eastern city of Benghazi to celebrate the second anniversary of Nato's first military ...

and was already the national flag of Libya from 1951-1969. It replaces the green flag of the Moammar Gaddafi regime. Meanwhile, Swiss Foreign Minister and President Micheline Calmy-Rey ...

Security forces in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, have used tear gas to break up protests calling for an end to Col Muammar Gaddafi's rule. There are reports too of fighting outside the city ...