Jalil scotches rumours of future involvement in Jibril presidential council
Tripoli, 8 August: Jalil has maintained that his career in politics will come to an end with the dissolution of...
Armed assailants target US embassy personnel in Tripoli
Tripoli, 7 August: Armed assailants targeted a diplomatic vehicle carrying two American embassy officials yesterday morning, in what has been...
Jalil left stranded in Bayda 24 hours ahead of NTC handover ceremony in Tripoli
By George Grant. Mustafa Abdul Jalil on an airport bus recently. He is hoping to repeat the experience before the...
Benghazi Local Council moves to resolve rubbish crisis
Benghazi, 23 July: Benghazi Local Council is to purchase 10-15 new dustbin lorries, having already bought several hundred new skips,...
From Revolutionary to Electoral Observer – How 200 ‘guardians of the revolution’ became guardians of the elections
By Yusra Tekbali. Tripoli, 23 July: Class in session: the recruits were taught about election laws, finance, logistics and how...
Man arrested on suspicion of killing and burning days-old daughter
Benghazi, 23 July: A 27 year-old man has been arrested in Benghazi on suspicion of murdering his two day-old daughter....
Libya Olympic Chief freed after week in captivity
Tripoli, 22 July: Nabil Elalem (centre) photographed shortly after his release this morning Nabil Elalem, the president of Libya's Olympic...
New passport office opened in Sirte as part of decentralisation bid
Sirte, 22 July 2012: The Libyan Passport and Nationality Department opened an office at the University of Sirte on Friday,...
Misrata stages protest demanding release of fellow townsmen in Bani Walid; says ready to act if government does not
Tripoli, 22 July: Abdul Qader Fusuq along with other demonstrators outside the Hall of Martyrs in Misrata Almost one week...
A new beginning for business in Libya
By Maryann Maguire. Tripoli, 20 July: Cargo ships docked in the Port of Tripoli. The IMF has predicted that Libya's...
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BREAKING: Eni announces new offshore gas discoveries in Libya of more than 1 trillion cubic feet – gas to supply Libyan domestic market and for export to Italy
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Emergency bad weather holiday announced today in Greater Tripoli as western Libya was hit by a passing storm of strong winds and heavy rain – many roads flooded, drivers stranded
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PM Aldabaiba reopens Tripoli Zoo after a 17-year closure: a symbolic turnaround for the Zoo – from a militia military base back to a leading recreation destination
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Production at the Sharara field continues despite pipeline fire – production diverted via other pipelines: NOC
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LPTIC Chairman tours Tripoli International Airport – emphasises need to accelerate pace of completion of telecoms work
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