Nasser statue demolished in Benghazi; street renamed
A large crowd of demonstrators in Benghazi on Saturday, led by local militia forces, demolished the massive statue of Qaddafi’s...
UN calls for Sirte reconstruction
The UN’s Special Representative in Libya, Ian Martin, has called on the Libyan government and the NTC to improve living...
Smuggled Libyan arms in Egypt: 2 arrested
Police in the 6th of October City, Cairo's largest satellite city, have arrested two people trying to sell a large...
LD 20 notes withdrawn – Deadline for LD 50 notes brought forward.
The 20-dinar note is no longer valid currency according . . .to the NTC’s media committee head, Mukhtar Al-Jaddal....
Jalil denies rumours about Jordan contract, Israel and contact with Qaddafi family
Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of the NTC, has denied reports circulating in Libya that a Jordanian company had been awarded a...
Jordanian PM leaves
Jordanian prime minister Awn Khasawneh and the ministerial delegation accompanying him left Libya on Wednesday at the end of a...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s AU Rant ‘A Sign of Panic’
By Alex Bell Robert Mugabe's reported rant against the African Union (AU) . . .and its handling of the crisis...
Food voucher scheme launched for poor
The UN has launched a voucher scheme in Benghazi to help poor families obtain food. It is hoped it will...
Qatar donates communications equipment
A Qatari air force C-130 transport aircraft landed at Tripoli's Mitiga Airport on Wednesday . . .carrying communications equipment...
Arrested reporters freed
Two television journalists were freed in Benghazi today, Wednesday. They had been arrested on Tuesday. Khalifa Al-Obeidi and Siraj Addine Elmaghbre,...
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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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