Libya News
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 Al-Arabiya | Lockerbie bomber Megrahi is dead BBC News Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing above Scotland which killed 270 people, has died at his home in the Libyan capital Tripoli. Megrahi, 60, was convicted by a special court in the Netherlands in 2001. Son: Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing is dead Lockerbie bomber Megrahi has died in Libya: brother Son says Libyan who was convicted in 1988 Lockerbie bombing but later released ... |
 BBC News | Libyan voters head to the polls in Benghazi local elections BBC News Residents in Benghazi, the city where the Libyan uprising began, have voted in historic local elections. More than 400 people contested seats on the 44-member local council, even though the remit of local authorities has yet to be set. Benghazi holds first post-Gaddafi vote Vote in Libya's Benghazi tests support for autonomy Libyan city of Benghazi holds elections for local council in first free vote ... |
 Al-Bawaba | Libyan oil industry makes startling recovery Al-Bawaba can Libya double its production to 3 million bpd - a level it last pumped more than 40 years ago? After Libya's civil war, experts pessimistically predicted a recovery in the country's oil industry could stretch on for as long as three years. Libya rises fast from the ashes |
Libya Pumps Almost 1.6 Million Barrels a Day of Oil Bloomberg Libya's crude oil output has risen to ?almost? 1.6 million barrels a day, Nuri Berruien, chairman of the state-run National Oil Corp., said in a telephone interview from Tripoli. The country, which is rebuilding its oil industry after the war that ... |
 Al-Arabiya | Dozens of Libya shrines destroyed Canada.com In early March, word reached the keepers of the ornate shrine, the most important of its kind in Libya, that ultra-conservative Salafis were on their way to destroy it as part of a campaign to wipe out any symbols they see as idolatrous. With state weak, Libyans look to God for help |
 AME Info | Deloitte: Regulatory changes in Libya to increase in 2013 AME Info Tax and Audit experts from Deloitte Middle East were prominent speakers in 'Libya Focus Day', a seminar held by MEED in Dubai on May 16, 2012. Deloitte leaders provided valuable insights on the overview of Libya's taxation and accounting framework and ... |
Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya: brother ABC Online The former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people has died, his brother said on Sunday. He was 59. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi died at home after a long battle with cancer. His health had deteriorated ... |
 swissinfo.ch | Swiss investigate Syrians, Libyans over money-laundering Reuters * Swiss probe money-laundering reports linked to Libya, Syria * Concerns those connected to Assad - paper * Switzerland keen to crack down on ill-gotten gains ZURICH, May 20 (Reuters) - The Swiss state prosecutor said on Sunday it had opened criminal ... Prosecutor's office goes after Syrians, Libyans |
 The National | Libya on track to reach 3 million barrels per day The National Libya's oil industry has revived its oil production faster than many in the industry predicted after the eight-month civil war that damaged export terminals and left oil facilities looted. Officials of the transitional government expect to reach ... |
 CTV.ca | All Share Services Salon BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) ? Residents of the eastern Libyan city that served as the cradle of the uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi voted for a local council Saturday in the city's first elections since the longtime dictator's capture and killing last ... Echoes of Eurozone crisis at NATO meeting Navigating the future of NATO Afghanistan Commitment Tests Obama's Influence in NATO |
Tripoli News
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 BBC News | Lockerbie bomber Megrahi is dead BBC News Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing above Scotland which killed 270 people, has died at his home in the Libyan capital Tripoli. Megrahi, 60, was convicted by a special court in the Netherlands in 2001. Lockerbie bomber Megrahi has died in Libya: brother Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi dies in Libya, family says Brother: Lockerbie bomber Megrahi has died in Libya |
 Naharnet | Lebanese soldiers kill two anti-Assad group members Reuters | TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese soldiers shot dead a Sunni cleric and a second member of a Lebanese political alliance against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in northern Lebanon on Sunday, security sources said. Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Wahid and ... Lebanon's Arabic press digest - May 20, 2012 Lebanon warning pushes travellers to change plans Tripoli Stages Half-Marathon in Rejection of War, Strife |
 The Daily Star | Berri: Talks on Tripoli events needed, dialogue can span other topics The Daily Star BEIRUT: Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said in remarks published Sunday his calls for national dialogue encompasses other topics but that the Tripoli situation is a priority, adding that Lebanon would lose out greatly if calls for talks are shunned. Hariri Rejects Turning 'Dialogue on Arms' into 'Dialogue on Tripoli' Makari: Syria, Hezbollah must stop interfering in Tripoli |
 Wired News (blog) | Jamming Tripoli: Inside Moammar Gadhafi's Secret Surveillance Network Wired News (blog) By Matthieu Aikins The Internet enabled surveillance on a scale that would have been unimaginable with the old tools of phone taps and informants. He once was known as al-Jamil?the Handsome One?for his chiseled features and dark curls. UN to probe Libyan use of mercenaries Libya: Inside Gadhafi's secret surveillance network |
 AFP | Sectarian clashes injure 3 in Lebanon: official AFP TRIPOLI, Lebanon ? Shelling between two pro- and anti-Syrian neighbourhoods in the north Lebanon port city of Tripoli on Friday left three people wounded, a security official and hospital sources said. The security official said at least four shells ... Tripoli's battered slums await the next battle Cautious calm in Lebanon's Tripoli after army deployment One killed, seven hurt in growing Tripoli clashes |
Tripoli Shrine Circus Journal Times YORKVILLE ? Performances of the 2012 Tripoli Shrine Circus Spectacular will be held at 3 and 7 pm Saturday, May 19, at the Racine County Fairgrounds, 19805 Durand Ave. The show features international performers from more than 15 countries. |
 The Daily Star | Twenty wounded in Lebanon's Tripoli - medical sources Reuters India TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Twenty people were wounded in renewed clashes overnight between Alawite supporters of President Bashar al-Assad and Sunni Muslim fighters in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, medical sources said on Monday. Two dead, 20 hurt in Lebanon clashes Five dead, dozens wounded in Lebanon clashes - medics Hariri urges necessary steps to end deadly Tripoli fighting |
 Al-Arabiya | Will Tripoli make Samir Geagea pay? Al-Arabiya By Michael Young Among the less obvious victims of the fighting in Tripoli this past weekend was Samir Geagea. The head of the Lebanese Forces has made an alliance with the Sunnis a cornerstone of his electoral strategy next year, but suddenly many ... |
Weekend Planner: WGTD Radio Theater; Tripoli Circus; Spring Fling Journal Times Clockwise from top left: Performances of The Tripoli Shrine Circus will be held at the Racine County Fairgrounds; the fourth annual Spring Spling will be held at Village Square Park in Union Grove; WGTD Radio Players present a double comedy. |
 The Daily Star | EDL: Tripoli clashes risk exacerbating electricity crisis The Daily Star BEIRUT: Tripoli clashes have delayed maintenance works on a vital power plant, risking the loss of 200 megawatts, or 15 percent of the country's desperately needed 1400 MW production, ahead of the sweltering summer season, warned Electricite Du Liban ... |
Benghazi News
Channel: Benghazi - Google NewsBBC News | Benghazi holds first post-Gaddafi vote Hindustan Times More than 400 people were running for the 41 seats up for grabs on the local council of Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city. The vote for the city council was the first in Benghazi since the 1960s, and some of the voting centers Saturday were so ... Vote in Libya's Benghazi tests support for autonomy Libya: Benghazi holds first post-Gadhafi vote Libyan voters head to the polls in Benghazi local elections |
CTV.ca | All Share Services Salon BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) ? Residents of the eastern Libyan city that served as the cradle of the uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi voted for a local council Saturday in the city's first elections since the longtime dictator's capture and killing last ... US turns the screws on NATO, lauds its ally Australia |
Libya: Benghazi holds first post-Gadhafi vote NECN BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) ? Residents of the eastern Libyan city that served as the cradle of the uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi voted for a local council Saturday in the city's first elections since the longtime dictator's capture and killing last ... |
Son: Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing is dead Boston.com BENGHAZI, Libya?Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died Sunday nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison to the outrage of the relatives of ... Son: Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing dead |
 BusinessLIVE | Libyan Divisions Widen as Elections Test New Government Bloomberg With their economy stagnating and security deteriorating, Libyans are casting ballots on May 19 in local elections in the second-largest city, Benghazi, and a month later for a national legislature tasked with writing a new constitution. Security clouds speedy Libya oil recovery |
Son says Libyan who was convicted in 1988 Lockerbie bombing but later released ... Fox News BENGHAZI, Libya ? Son says Libyan who was convicted in 1988 Lockerbie bombing but later released has died. |
 CBC.ca | Courthouse bomb in Libya's Benghazi injures one Reuters BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A bomb exploded at a courthouse in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday, wounding one person and damaging surrounding buildings in a fresh challenge to the post-Gaddafi government's struggle to restore stability. Courthouse bomb in Libya's Benghazi wounds four |
All Share Services Salon By Rami Al-shaheibi, Associated Press BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) ? Residents of the eastern Libyan city that served as the cradle of the uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi voted for a local council Saturday in the city's first elections since the ... |
 Independent Online | Libya scrutinises election candidates Independent Online A man looks at a poster of Abdullah Abu Awad, a candidate for the local council elections, in Benghazi, Libya. Tripoli - Libya faces the daunting task of vetting thousands of candidates wishing to compete in the June elections for a constituent ... |
 Independent Online | Call for election boycott in Libya's turbulent east Reuters | BENGHAZI, Libya May 3 (Reuters) - A self-proclaimed autonomous council for Libya's oil-producing eastern province has called on people in the region to boycott an election scheduled for next month, saying it will not give adequate representation to ... Leader urges election boycott in eastern Libya Leader calls for election boycott in eastern Libya |