Seven more asylum-seekers die in quest for better life
Malta, 9 May: Seven Somali asylum-seekers have died whilst attempting to reach Malta from Libya by boat, the UN Refugee...
Deadly robbery suspects were Central Bank guards
Tripoli, 9 May: Further details are emerging on the three-man gang arrested on suspicion of carrying out Sunday’s LD2 million...
Security forces end AGOCO siege in dawn raid
Tripoli, 9 May 2012: Government security forces this morning moved in and arrested 30 armed demonstrators, ending the 17-day blockade...
Fourth Austrian mercy convoy
Tripoli, 8 May: A Hercules chartered by the Arab-Austrian Fellowship Association today flew from Tripoli to Benghazi with aid and...
Libyan Cement Company strike: an in-depth report
Tripoli, 8 May: A handful of strikers is imperilling the salaries of 1,700 colleagues at its two Benghazi cement plants,...
Lawyers damn “glorification” and amnesty laws
Tripoli, 8 May: An influential group of Libyan lawyers has condemned two new laws, criminalising glorification of Qaddafi’s regime and...
Bill mounts as AGOCO cuts more output in blockade protest
Tripoli, 6 May: The blockade of Libya's Arabian Gulf Oil Company (Agoco) Benghazi headquarters has now cost Libya over $11...
Striking foreign JV cement workers demand shares
Tripoli, 4 May: One hundred striking workers at the Libya Cement Company, an Austrian joint venture, are demanding that all...
Jalil brands Sarkozy Libya campaign funding letter a fake
Tripoli, 4 May: NTC Chief Mustafa Abdul Jalil has branded as fake a 2006 letter from the Qaddafi regime offering...
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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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