Interior Ministry offers explanation over failure to prevent Sufi shrine destruction
By George Grant. Tripoli, 26 August 2012: The Interior Ministry has sought to explain its failure to prevent the destruction ...
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National Congress summons PM, Defence Minister and Interior Minister for questioning over shrine desecrations
By George Grant. The demolition of the Al-Sha’ab shrine. There have been suggestions that the attacks may have been authorised ...
Justice Minister adds further confusion to Saif trial debate
By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab. Tripoli, 25 August: The Minister . . .of Justice has told the Libya Herald that the trial ...
Libya to send two athletes to London 2012 Paralympic Games
By Mohamed Assed. Tripoli, 25 August: Libya will be represented by . . .two Libyan athletes in the London 2012 ...
Magarief rebuts claims of imminent Saif trial in Zintan as “rumours and lies”
By George Grant. Both the National Congress speaker and the government now appear to be at odds with the prosecutor-general's ...
National Congress meets to discuss security amidst media arrests and protests
By Sami Zaptia. Two members of the media were taken away for 'questioning' following a scuffle at today's closed session ...
Eni denies claims of Libya production downscale
By George Grant. Eni's oil production in Libya is now back up to around 240,000 bpd (Photo: Eni) London, 20 ...
Exclusive – Interior Ministry communications system hacked as Qaddafi loyalists overheard discussing Tripoli blasts
By George Grant. Interior Ministry communications coordinating the response to the blasts were broadcast live in a public chat-room by ...
Two killed in car bomb blasts in Tripoli
Tripoli, 19 August: The aftermath of the two car bombs on Omar Mukhtar street in Tripoli, which cost the lives ...
Deputy Prime Minister Abushagur denies reports of imminent Saif trial
By George Grant. Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper has claimed that Saif Qaddafi will be tried in Libya next month, free ...
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