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Swiss Engineers Convicted In Libya Nuke Case |
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A Swiss court has convicted three engineers for their roles in a Pakistani-led ring that smuggled nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea. In a plea-bargain, they avoided exposure on later roles as CIA informants. |
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Interview: Tremendous Potential for the Development of Libyan Tourism |
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A British woman by the name of Amelia Stewart in 2004 set up the first company, Simoon Travel, that specialises in tourist trips to Libya, believes that tourism has a future in Libya and that it can grow from strength to strength. In an exclusive interview, she talked to The Tripoli Post about her decision to focus on Libya, about her experiences as a tour operator, and her most recent visit to the country. |
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US Senate Votes to Continue Foreign Aid to Libya |
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After months of championing the issue of ending foreign aid, US Republican Senator Rand Paul's proposal calling for a prohibition of US aid funds to the governments of Libya, Egypt, and Pakistan was overwhelmingly defeated, and all three countries will continue to receive aid. |
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Libya’s Leadership Urged to Prioritise Human Rights |
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Libya’s political leadership, including elected members of the General National Congress (GNC), must take immediate steps to end ongoing human rights abuses and establish the rule of law, Amnesty International, AI, has said. |
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Libyan Military Removes Heads of Benghazi Militias |
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In its efforts to try to reassert control over armed groups the Libyan military has removed the heads of two of the most powerful militias in the eastern city of Benghazi, the February 17 Brigade's Fauzi Bukatif and Rafallah al-Sahati's Ismail al-Salabi replacing them with military officers. |
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Opinion: That Defining Moment: On Anti-Muslim Films, Cartoons and My Gaza Neighbour - by Ramzy Baroud |
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A neighbour of mine, of many years ago from a Gaza refugee camp, was a sacrilegious person par excellence. Unemployed like most inhabitants of the camp, he was extremely poor. His family responsibilities were daunting, yet prolonged Israeli military curfews made it impossible for him to find a job, let alone venture outside his miserable one-bedroom house to puff on cheap brand cigarettes, which he often borrowed from some other neighbour. |
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Suicide Bomber Kills 3, Wounds 46 in Nigeria Church Church Attack |
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Three people were killed and 46 injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Catholic church in northern Nigeria. The blast caused little damage to St. John's church but killed at least tthree people, one of them the occupant of the car that blew up, in a market area of Bauchi city. |
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Military Group in Eastern Libya 'to Disband' |
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Hours after military police and protesters routed militias from the city of Benghazi, a powerful militia based in eastern Libya has been reported announcing that it will disband. |
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Libya: politics before security? |
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Last week's attack against the US ambassador is a warning sign that large security gaps are threatening Libya's stability. Democratically electing a new government is no guarantee of better times to come. |
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Libya: Corinthia Signs €320M Contract to Build Medina Tower in Tripoli
The drive to reconstruct Libya has begun by signing €320M Contract to Build Medina in downtown Tripoli. The project, a 40-storey building project on a central seafront site in the heart of Tripoli, first of its kind in Libya, will take 40 months to complete. |
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Libya: Oil, Gas Revenues Total $54.9 Billion in 2012
Libya’s oil and gas revenues have reached $54.9 Billion, a huge amount of cash money for reconstruction of the country. A new oil discovery has also been announced by Arabian Gulf Oil Company in southwest Libya. |
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Libyan Economy the Fastest Growing in the World
The Libyan economy will be the fastest growing in the world in 2012, as oil production and exports have rebounded faster than originally predicted, Business Monitor International reports in its latest publication Algeria & Libya: Business Forecast Report which includes a 10-year forecast to 2020. |
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