Obama: World will stand by Libya

US President Barack Obama is promising the Libyan people that the world will stand with them as they reshape their country following the fall of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.

In prepared remarks released ahead of Mr Obama’s speech at a high-level United Nations meeting on Libya, the president warned that there would still be difficult days ahead in Libya, as Gaddafi loyalists make a final stand. But he said it was clear that Libya was now in the hands of the people.