First move in UK to seize Qaddafi assets
by Nick Mathiason and Jack Serle, Bureau of Investigative Journalism, London. The Qaddafis spent . . .four decades plundering Libya amassing private...
Derna security chief assassinated
The new chief of the higher security committee in Derna, Colonel Mohammed Al-Hassi, was assassinated this afternoon when unknown assailants...
Libyan revolutionaries also committed war crimes claims UN report
A UN body has condemned as war crimes and breaches of international human rights the actions of both the Qaddafi...
Public prosecutor investigates Benghazi hospital deaths
Public prosecutors in Benghazi are investigating the deaths of a number of patients at a Benghazi hospital on Wednesday. It...
Foot-and-Mouth spread to Benghazi
Benghazi, 2 March 2012: Animal livestock markets in and around Benghazi have been closed following reports that foot-and-mouth diease (FMD) has spread...
Interview with Justice Minister Ali Humaida Ashour: Exclusive
The new Ministry of Justice operates of out of a distinctly shabby set of buildings not far from Qaddafi’s now...
Libyans await details of LD 68.5bn 2012 budget
by Sami Zaptia The Libya Herald has reported that during a meeting of Libya’s Transitional Government Cabinet on Tuesday, 29...
Identity numbers department to come under direct Cabinet control
The interim government has passed a law - No. 57, dated 21 February 2012 - under which the department dealing...
Libya-Tunisian border calm again
The situation in the main Tunisian-Libyan border crossing at Ras Jedir is now said to be calm after angry clashes...
Summit on border smuggling planned with neighbouring states
By Libya Herald reporters. Tripoli, 2 March 2012: Libya plans to hold a ministerial summit with regional and neighboring states...
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CBL to inject US$ 3 billion in May and another US$ 3.5 billion in June to meet accumulated demand and stabilise currency and commodity markets
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FX black-market has existed for years and decades, and eliminating it in a short period is impossible: CBL Governor Issa
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Malta Civil Aviation Authority’s Security Department visits Tripoli’s Mitiga airport with view to restarting flights
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Libya emphasises it is not destination for irregular migration, cannot become migrant resettlement zone: Rome Quadripartite Cooperation Committee
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Fifth Libyan-German Economic Forum kicks off in Tripoli
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