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| Former CIA Chief Says Attack on US Benghazi Consulate Was Terrorist strike |
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Former CIA Director General David Petraeus told the US Congress behind closed doors Friday that secret intelligence quickly indicated that the September 11 assault on the US consulate in Libya that killed the American ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans was a terrorist attack
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| Egypt Bus-Train Accident Kills 40 Children |
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More than 40 schoolchildren were killed when a train that had crossed the tracks crashed into a bus that was carrying 60 students in the Upper Egyptian city of Assiuta south of Cairo on Saturday. Among the victims were 37 children who were aged around 4 and 6.
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| LIA to Invest Huge Funds in Libya |
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Moving away from old practices and investment decisions that were mired by corruption, the Libyan Investment Authority, LIA, is planning to invest huge funds in infrastructure projects inside Libya and looks for partners.
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| Human Rights Watch Urges New Libyan Government To Free Illegal Detainees |
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Libya's new government headed by Prime Minister Dr Ali Zidan, a former human rights activist, that was sworn in on November 14, 2012, should put the illegal detention of more than 8,000 people atop its agenda, Human Rights Watch, HRW says.
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| US Lawmakers Voice Frustrations At House Foreign Affairs Committee Over Benghazi Consulate Attack |
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After struggling for weeks to get answers on the Libya terror attack, Republican lawmakers in the US ripped into the Obama administration - with one congressman claiming officials "lied to the American people."
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| Gaza On EU Foreign Ministers’Agenda on Monday |
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The newly tense situation in the Middle East, especially in the Gaza Strip, will be on the agenda for the meeting of European foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday November 19, during the Foreign Affairs Council.
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| Egyptian Prime Minister Calls for End to Israeli 'Aggression' |
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Speaking in Gaza Friday after a brief cease-fire that Israel put in place during his visit to the area collapsed, Egypt's prime minister Hesham Kandil has vowed to intensify his country's efforts to stop what he called Israeli "aggression" in Gaza and achieve a truce between Israelis and Palestinians.
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| Tripoli After Gaddafi: Not All Peaches And Cream |
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Fuad Gritla, the morning host on 100.7 FM, knows his listeners in Libya's capital are grouchy, and he's trying to help. Tripoli has not witnessed the change that many had hoped it would see a year after Gaddafi's fall
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| Libya New Government Sworn In |
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The new cabinet of Libyan Prime Minister Dr Ali Zidan was sworn in on Wednesday at the national assembly, but only 23 of his eight 31 nominated ministers, took part in the official ceremony and officially took up their posts. But eight others were not approved and four of them rejected by Libya's anti-corruption body.
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| India PM Congratulates Dr Zidan On His Appointment to Lead Libyan Government |
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The Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh is the latest head of state to convey his felicitations to the Dr Ali Zidan on his appointment as Libyan Prime Minister, at what he described as a momentous time when Libya is making a historic transition towards democracy.”
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| Third Pan-African Forum to Discuss Responsibility of Investing for Children |
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The Third Pan-African Forum on Children will be held at the headquarters of the African Union Commission, AUC, in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, November 19-20 under the theme: “The responsibility investing for children.”
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| Opinion: The Syrian Civil War - by Gwynne Dyer |
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Syria now has a new government-in-exile that allegedly unites all the groups seeking the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad’s murderous regime. But if this is the best that they can do, Assad will still be in power next year, and perhaps for a long time afterwards.
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| Libya Ratifies Law Governing Illegal Demonstrations |
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Libya's General National Congress, NGC has announced it is ratifying a law governing the organisation of protests that could lead to jail sentences. It is envisaged to guarantee safety for the 200 members of the assembly inside the parliament building.
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| Obama Defends Rice Over Statements on Benghazi Consulate Attack |
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President Obama, assuming a tough-talking tone, warned Republicans to lay off UN Ambassador Susan Rice over her controversial September 16 comments on the Libya consulate attack - and at the same time opened his administration up to questions about why, if she "had nothing to do with Benghazi," the White House chose her to explain it to the public.
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| What's Really Happeninig In Gaza? |
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Israel ended an effective truce with armed groups in Gaza, and carried out the extrajudicial execution of Ahmed al-Jabari, the commander of the military wing of Hamas.
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| Libya’s Post-Conflict Recovery Better Than Expected, IMF Says |
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The International Monetary Fund, IMF, reports that the Middle East and Central Asian region’s oil-exporting countries are expected to post solid growth in 2012, largely on account of Libya’s better-than-expected post-conflict recovery.
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| Lufthansa's Winter Schedule Offering Better Connection Between Tripoli, Europe and Beyond |
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Lufthansa German Airlines' is offering better connection between the Libyan capital, Tripoli, Europe and beyond through new schedules it has just announced for the winter, and that have taken effect on October 28.
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| Amnesty International Accuses Libya, EU of 'Cooperating' to Block African Migrants |
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Libya and the European Union, EU, on Tuesday were accused by Amnesty International, AI, of cooperating to prevent migrants from Africa from reaching Europe.
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