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A Country of Poets |
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Last week’s historical Election Day was the first since before the rise and fall of the former regime’s four-decade dictatorship. The prediction on the street was that the long-awaited day would be like Libya’s wedding; and like the romantic notion, the celebrations across the country proved to be a nationwide festivity of Libya’s first real union with democracy |
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UN-African Union Cooperation Vital for Today's Challenges |
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In his address to the 19th summit of the Africn Union held in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, the Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson stressed the importance of close and active cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union in tackling a range of critical issues, from the instability in Mali to the food crisis in the Sahel region. |
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Reports Libyan Olympic Committee President Abducted |
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At a time when the Libyan Olympic Committee, LOC, is supposedly preparing the country's athletes to take part in the London 2012 Olympic Games, the country was shocked to learn on Sunday, that the president of National Olympic committee, Nabil Al Alem has reportedly been abducted in Tripoli. |
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Libya Kidnapped Journalists Freed |
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Reporter-cameraman Abdelqadir Fassouk and cameraman Yusuf Badi, two Libyan journalists kidnapped by Bani Walid while covering the Libya’s elections last week have been released, report. |
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Successful Elections in Libya Opens Another Step towards Democracy |
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By Monday the full election results are expected to be out and the winners will be known. But forming a government is going to be rather difficult as the general public demands transparency and accountability on the part of all members of such government which will be leading Libya for the next one year and a half. |
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Libyan Official Names 'Killer' of British WPC Fletcher 28 Years Ago in London Shooting |
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A senior aide to Libya’s interim Prime Minister Abdurrahim el-Keeb, on Sunday named the man suspected of killing 25-year-old British WPc Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan Embassy in London 28 years ago, in April 1984. He is named in a British Sunday weekly as a pro-Gaddafi student by the name of Salah Eddin Khalifa. The shot was fired from the embassy during a demonstration in St James's Square. |
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Libyan Officials Recounting Some Votes |
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A week after Libya took to the polls, to elect a National Assembly, the Higher National Election Commission, HNEC, says it is recounting votes from parts of the eastern city of Benghazi and tallying ballots from abroad. It is also looking into appeals lodged by some candidates and parties.
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AU Urges Restoration of Peace in African States |
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The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council on Saturday addressed multiple conflicts raging in the continent in its final communique, calling on all sides to restore peace as soon as possible. |
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NFA Set For Victory as Libya Takes Another Step Towards Democracy |
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Provisional final election results after last Saturday's election for Libya's National Congress that will be tasked with overseeing the drafting of a new constitution and picking an interim prime minister and Cabinet are expected Saturday, while a certified result is bound to be announced next week.However, particularly when it comes to the parties, it is now a forgone conclusion that the centrist National Forces Alliance, NFA, has taken the lion’s share of the 80 seats reserved for parties in the 200-seat National Congress. |
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Syrian Troops Storm Southern Town Amid Calls for Action by UN |
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With Joint Special Envoy for the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, Kofi Annan, warning that divisions appear to be giving President Bashar al-Assad a licence to kill, hundreds of troops stormed Khirbet Ghazaleh in the southern province of Daraa town. |
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Ban Ki-moon, Kofi Annan Condemn Latest Attacks on Syrian Civilians |
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The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Joint Special Envoy for the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, Kofi Annan, have strongly condemned the attacks on Thursday in the Syrian village of Tremseh thatreportedly resulted in over 200 deaths, adding that this violates the Government’s commitment to the six-point peace plan. |
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AfDB supports Gabon Renewable Energy Sector with €57m loan
The African Development Bank approved loan of €57.5 million to the Coder Hydropower Project for the design, construction and operation of two run-of-river hydro projects in Ngounie Province and North Gabon. The goal is to increase generating facilities from 373 MW to 1200 MW by 2020. |
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Foreign Contractors in Libya: Resorting to Force Majeure under Libyan Law
Gaddafi regime triggered the violent acts that rendered normal life impossible in Libya. This forced international contractors to cease their performance under contracts signed with the Libyan government. Therefore, international contractors are entitled to claim force majeure as a defense of nonperformance. |
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Libya Demands Compensation of $1.7B from Goldman Sachs, Societe Generale
Libyan Investment Authority insists on reviewing how Goldman Sachs and Societe Generale managed of Libyan investments worth $1.7 billion including one single investment loss of $900 million with Goldman Sachs. |
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