Summary of this week’s official government press conference
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 28 June: Not surprisingly, this week’s official government press conference conducted by Nasser Al-Manaa on Wednesday...
Eight Libyan jihadis to be released from prison in Iraq
Tripoli, 28 June: Eight Libyans imprisoned in Iraq for fighting against Iraqi and coalition forces are to be released, it...
Kufra calm between clashes
Tripoli, 27 June: Kufra is again relatively quiet this evening, Wednesday, after fresh clashes on Tuesday left a number of...
Defence Minister Juwaili launches scathing attack on NTC
By George Grant. Tripoli, 27 June: Juwaili said the NTC had reduced his position to "signing the plans" of the...
Major changes envisaged to production of Libya’s permanent constitution
Tripoli, 27 June: The length of time allowed to write the constitution has been doubled The length of time Libya's...
Tunisian consulate in Tripoli attacked following Al-Mahmoudi extradition
Tripoli, 27 June: A bomb exploded outside the Tunisian consulate in Tripoli yesterday, two days after former prime minister Baghdadi...
Brigade occupies council offices in Bayda in dispute over wounded fighters
Bayda, 27 June: Protesters occupied the offices of the Bayda local council and the electoral commission headquarters in the town...
Melinda Taylor granted first phone call to family
Tripoli, 27 June: Melinda Taylor has been accused of attempting to smuggle documents to her client Saif Qaddafi Melinda Taylor,...
Dorda Trial delayed a second time
By Ashraf Abdul Wahab. Tripoli, 27 June: Abuzeid Dorda arriving for trial . . .in Tripoli yesterday The trial of...
Under assault, Tunisian government insists Mahmoudi extradition was above board
By Michel Cousins. Qaddafi's last premier, Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi, being led to detention in Libya Tripoli, 26 June: The Tunisian government...
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