The National Transitional Council is now recognised by Britain as the sole governmental authority for Libya.
The National Transitional Council has been plagued by infighting and the emergence of factions.
So the French president, without consulting his European partners, broke ranks and recognised the National Transitional Council (NTC).
The rebels are reportedly represented by the so-called National Transitional Council led by several of Gaddafi's former ministers.
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On July 7, Libyans are to choose 200 representatives of the National Congress, which would replace the ruling National Transitional Council.
Mr Jibril, number two in the National Transitional Council (NTC), held a news conference in Tripoli to confirm the colonel's death.
The leadership of the National Transitional Council has repeatedly called for restraint from its fighters, urging them to avoid revenge attacks.
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The incident comes as Libya's governing National Transitional Council prepares to hold elections for a constituent assembly in the coming weeks.
Libya's National Transitional Council said Sunday it regrets what happened, calling it "unethical, irresponsible and criminal, " and promised to prosecute those responsible.
In late June a senior official of the rebels' National Transitional Council (NTC) held talks in Beijing with China's foreign minister, Yang Jiechi.
One reason is that some on the National Transitional Council (NTC) felt it important for as many people as possible to view the corpse.
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Benghazi was the stronghold of the National Transitional Council, the rebel group whose revolt eventually ended Col Muammar Gaddafi's hold on power in Libya.
On Saturday protesters laid siege to the National Transitional Council offices in the city while Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, the head of the NTC, hid inside.
Earlier this month, Libya's interim National Transitional Council handed power to a newly elected assembly, in the first peaceful transition in the country's modern history.
You see it in the growth of the National Transitional Council.
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He then spoke with Mustafa Abdel Jalil, Chairman of the National Transitional Council (NTC) of Libya, and Mahmoud Jibril, Head of the NTC Executive Committee.
Fearing their community was being marginalized, a group calling itself the Libyan Amazigh Congress announced it was suspending all relations with the National Transitional Council (NTC).
More than 2, 000 candidates are standing for election to the legislative body which will replace the National Transitional Council (NTC) that led the campaign against Gaddafi.
Varying accounts of how he was killed were then given by officials including Mr Jalil, who chaired the now-dissolved National Transitional Council (NTC) when Gen Younes was shot.
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The National Transitional Council maintains he was killed in crossfire.
Mr Rasmussen said he had held talks with National Transitional Council (NTC) leaders, including its chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil, about Libya's future and the roadmap for transition to democracy.
In an attempt to attract foreign investment, in March Libya approved a law that will introduce Sharia-compliant banking and stimulate the country's private sector, according to the ruling National Transitional Council.
During a televised interview with Euronews in March 2011, after France recognized the National Transitional Council as the legitimate authority in Libya, Gadhafi's son claimed Libya contributed to the Sarkozy campaign.
Some members of the National Transitional Council are seething.
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However, several leading members of the transitional parliament, known as the National Transitional Council, refused to approve any armed response against the militants because of their fear of sparking an internecine war.
Some say the delay reflects fears within the National Transitional Council, the 43-man proto-parliament under Mr Abdul Jalil, that the end of military fighting might herald the onset of harsher political skirmishing.
The bloom came off that false rose on Sunday when Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, the chairman of the National Transitional Council, repeatedly declared his government's fealty to shariah, Islam's brutally repressive, totalitarian political-military-legal doctrine.
Many rebels who fought to oust Gaddafi have been drawn into official security entities, but many more remain aligned to strong regional brigades, presenting a security challenge for the ruling National Transitional Council.
The BBC has spoken to fighters as well as members of the National Transitional Council (NTC) in Misrata, who have shed more light on the events leading up to the capture of Col Gaddafi.
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