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Libya to Europe: Remember us?

Former Libyan Prime MinisterĀ Mahmoud Jibril said at a European conference thatĀ his struggling nation feels practically ā€œabandonedā€ by Europe – where attention is focused on Syria – and that the youth who brought the 2011 revolution are ā€œbeing completely left out of the pictureā€ ahead of elections in June.

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March 29, 2012  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Libya  Comments Closed

Libya militias resume fighting after ceasefire

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Rival militias in the Libyan city of Sabha resumed fighting hours after calling a ceasefire on Wednesday, after three days of clashes that killed more than 50 people and highlight the government's failure to restore law and order nationwide. Representatives from the Sabha and Tibu-dominated militias had held a meeting at which they had agreed to end the fighting, said Ahmed …

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March 29, 2012  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Libya  Comments Closed

Tribe threatens separate state in south Libya

A Libyan tribe threatened Wednesday to declare a separate state in Libya's south after days of bloody battles with a rival tribe, the second such move toward secession this month.

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March 28, 2012  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Libya  Comments Closed

Palestinian awarded Libya damages

28 March 2012 Last updated at 08:09 ET A Dutch court has awarded 1m euros ($1.3m; 838,000) in compensation to a Palestinian doctor who was imprisoned in Libya for eight years for allegedly infecting children with HIV/Aids. Ashraf al-Hajuj, who now lives in the Netherlands, was pardoned along with five Bulgarian nurses in 2007. Dr Hajuj sued 12 Libyan officials under the principle of universal jurisdiction provided for by Dutch law

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Analysis: Libya's oil contracts to be unsure for months more

LONDON (Reuters) – Uncertainty about oil and gas companies' contracts with Libya, soon to be scrutinized and potentially revised, will persist until new leaders take power after June elections, delaying the industry's return to normal in the post-Gaddafi era. The transitional government has set up a special committee to investigate allegations of widespread corruption in the oil industry before …

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Militia clashes in southern Libya kill nearly 50

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Three days of clashes between rival militias in southern Libya spread to the centre of the country's fourth largest city Sabha on Tuesday despite the deployment of army troops trying to stop the violence which has so far killed nearly 50 people. The clashes highlight the problems the government faces in imposing its authority following the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi last …

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March 27, 2012  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Libya  Comments Closed

Militia clashes in southern Libya kill 50

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Three days of clashes between rival militias in southern Libya spread to the centre of the country's fourth largest city on Tuesday despite the deployment of army troops trying to quell the violence which has so far killed nearly 50 people.

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March 27, 2012  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Libya  Comments Closed

Militia clashes in southern Libya kill another five

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Clashes between rival militias in southern Libya raged for a third day on Tuesday and a doctor at the regional hospital said the death toll had risen to 25, highlighting the challenges the government faces in imposing its authority over the country.

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Tribal clashes in south Libya kill 20

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Clashes between rival militias in southern Libya killed 20 people on Monday, a doctor at a regional hospital said, highlighting the challenge the government faces in imposing its authority months after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.

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March 27, 2012  Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Libya  Comments Closed

Libya's leader admits instability

BENGHAZI, Libya: Libya’s leader acknowledged Monday that his government has failed to act quickly to restore stability, just as at least 20 people were killed in tribal battles in a southern city.

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March 26, 2012  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Libya  Comments Closed

AP Interview: Libya's leader admits instability

Libya's leader acknowledged Monday that his government has failed to act quickly to restore stability, just as at least 20 people were killed in tribal battles in a southern city.

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March 26, 2012  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Libya  Comments Closed

10 killed in tribal clashes in Libya: officials

More than 10 people were killed in clashes on Monday in Libya between Toubou tribesmen and residents of the southern city of Sabha, local officials said.

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Human Rights Watch: Libya: Good Start on Landmine Destruction

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Canada firm with ties to Kadhafi's Libya sacks chief

The head of a Canadian engineering firm with dealings in Moamer Kadhafi's Libya and loosely linked to a failed plot to smuggle the ex-dictator's son into Mexico has quit, the company said Monday.

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Libya: Intensification of Mine Demolitions Needed

Libya’s first steps to destroy its vast stockpile of landmines are a positive development, and the demolitions should continue, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 21, 2012, Human Rights Watch witnessed the destruction of nearly 100 Chinese-made Type-72SP antivehicle landmines near al-Abiar in eastern Libya

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Libya hailed for early demining efforts

A flower is put in a gun of a Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) fighter as people celebrate in the streets of Tripoli following news of the fall of Sirte, Libya, the last holdout of Libyan former leader Moammar Gadhafi, who was killed in the attack on October 20, 2011. UPI/Amru Taha License photo Published: March. 26, 2012 at 9:28 AM TRIPOLI, Libya, March 26 (UPI) — Though it’s off to a good start, the transitional government in Libya could do more in the demining effort, said Human Rights Watch

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Libya ex-PM says West has abandoned his country

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March 24, 2012  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Libya  Comments Closed

UN rights council throws out Russia proposal on Libya detentions

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Rights groups warn of Libya's shaky peace

The EU and NATO needs to do more to secure Libya’s peace, threatened by heavily armed militias and the government’s ineffective authority, a rights group said, Published: March. 23, 2012 at 2:12 PM BRUSSELS, March 23 (UPI) — Human rights campaign groups want the European Union and NATO to do more to secure Libya’s fragile peace, which is said to be challenged daily by heavily armed militias and the transitional government’s fluid and ineffective authority. Human Rights Watch said despite the National Transitional Government’s commitments to stop abuses, it documented killings, torture and forced displacement by militias of innocent civilians or people suspected of sympathies with the late leader Moammar Gadhafi

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Libya's elections must be postponed

Economically, the model invoked by interim leaders and technocrats is Dubai; politically, it is Turkey. Crucially, the Libyan people united in their revolution to force a break with the past, giving most of the population a stake in coming together now to forge a better future

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Libya restores diplomatic ties with Iraq: official

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Libya prepares more oil autonomy for its east

ROME (Reuters) – Plans to grant more autonomy to Libya’s oil rich east were laid out this week at the nation’s first oil and gas summit held in Rome after months of unease among international oil companies over the uncertainty. A new system in place will devolve power to subsidiary firms previously controlled by the state’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mohamed Elabdaly, chair of the Libya Oil and Gas Summit, told Reuters. “Previously, subsidiaries did not have control over exploration, upgrading and training

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In post-Kadafi Libya, Berber minority faces identity crisis

Reporting from Zuwarah, Libya Amal Zuhair’s hijab is pushed back, revealing a strip of hair that to her traditionalist elders is a provocation, much like her fondness for rock music. She says she feels like two people: “I leave myself at home whenever I go outside. I am this other thing, this pretend person they want me to be.” Zuhair’s struggle with her identity mirrors a broader quest in Libya as the country tries to recover from the four-decade rule of Moammar Kadafi, whose Arab nationalist regime long repressed minority cultures.

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Libya vows to try former spy chief ahead of June polls

TRIPOLI: Libyas new rulers, under pressure from human rights groups, have vowed to put on trial Moammar Gadhafis former spy chief Abdallah Senussi before June elections if Mauritania extradites him as expected. Fathi Baaja of the National Transitional Council said that trials of Gadhafi loyalists have so far lagged in Libya due to inadequate prison infrastructure and a paralyzed judiciary. If Abdallah Senussi is extradited to Libya, his trial and that of Seif al-Islam will be held in the near future and before the general election scheduled for June, said Baaja.

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Libya's Agoco sees pre-war oil output in early April

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