EU officials welcome news of Gaddafi’s death

Reaction in the EU and in European countries to the death of Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi, October 2011.

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ESO: Background information: Libya slowly coming back to normality, says EU official http://www.europeansources.info/record/libya-slowly-coming-back-to-normality-says-eu-official/

EurActiv, 21.10,11: EU says ready to support post-Gaddafi Libya http://www.euractiv.com/global-europe/eu-ready-support-post-gaddafi-li-news-508467

Deutsche Welle, 21.10.11: World leaders look to new Libyan future after Gadhafi's death http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15477044,00.html

France24, 21.10.11: Gaddafi died of bullet wound, interim leaders say http://www.france24.com/en/20111021-muammar-gaddafi-died-bullet-wound-head-interim-leaders-cause-death-jibril

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/11/721: Joint statement by President José Manuel Barroso and President Herman Van Rompuy on the reported death of Muammar Gaddafi http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/721&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Union: EEAS: Press Release, A420/11: Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton on the fall of Sirte and reports of the death of Colonel Gaddafi http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/125455.pdf

NATO, 20.10.11: Statement by the NATO Secretary General on Libya http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_79742.htm

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