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Landmark Libyan poll?
Ahram Online
The most familiar figures in the post-Gaddafi political scene are formerGaddafi henchmen who have scented blood. Émigrés have returned toLibya and are playing a key role in the economic, social and political development of the country.
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Libya finance minister says to resign soon, cites "wastage"
Chicago Tribune
Libya last month halted a scheme to pay compensation to people who fought in last year's revolt against Muammar Gaddafi because it was riddled with corruption and paying out cash to people who did not qualify. A spokesman for the ruling National ...
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Libya moving to democracy through torture?
RT
Thousands of supporters of Colonel Gaddafi are being detained, with some tortured in secret prisons by revolutionary brigades, the head of the UN Support Mission in Libya says. Rights groups have already raised the alarm on torture in Libyan prisons.
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RT
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi 'gave direct orders for Libyan opponents to be killed'
Telegraph.co.uk
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi gave direct orders for opponents in the country's east who had rebelled against the regime to be killed, taped telephone calls have revealed. By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent The son of the lateLibyan dictator is ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
UN says three Libya prisoners likely tortured to death
CNBC.com
The UN human rights agency and aid groups have accused the brigades of torturing detainees, many of whom are sub-Saharan Africans suspected of fighting for the toppled government of Muammar Gaddafiduring Libya's nine-month civil war.
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Amend New Special Procedures Law - Reject Impunity for Serious Crimes
AllAfrica.com
Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) should immediately amend a new law that protects from prosecution people who committed crimes if their actions were aimed at "promoting or protecting the revolution" against Muammar Gaddafi, Human Rights ...
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Libya nearing key moment in democratic transition: UN envoy
People's Daily Online
The upcoming polls, first of its kind since the October 2011 death of former Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, are just one part of a process that requires addressing key issues such as ensuring public security and promoting human rights, ...
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Thousands remain in secret Libya militia prisons: UN
Times LIVE
About 4000 people are still being held in militia detention centres in Libya, often in secret and many are tortured, a UN envoy said. Ian Martin, head of the UN mission to Libya, said on Thursday good progress was being made toward holding the ...
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Times LIVE
Libyan missiles on the loose
The Korea Herald
For the past few months, I've been hearing private warnings about another threat to commercial planes ― namely, the spread of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles from Libya after the overthrow of MoammarGadhafi's regime. A State Department official ...
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Can Libya's Rebel Past Contend with Libya's Rebel Future?
Middle East Online
For those in the West who opposed NATO participation in Libya, he is proof that it was wrong to support the rebellion. The Gaddafi regime had claimed to be fighting al-Qaida -- and Belhadj's appearance at the entrance of Bab al-Aziziya, Gaddafi's ...
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Gaddafi's Son in "Normal Shape": ICC Prosecutor
CRIENGLISH.com
Although details about the trial of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi have not been firmed up, developments in Libya are moving in the right direction, International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said on Thursday. "Libya is a very interesting ...
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Engineer's Alleged Gadhafi Ties Lead to $1.5 Billion Class Action
DesignBuild Source
A Canadian engineering giant is facing a $1.5 billion class action after being accused of controversial ties with Libya throughout the Gadhafiregime has contributed to plummeting asset value. Law firm Rochon Genova LLP has announced the billion-dollar ...
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Libya PM brands Tripoli office attackers outlaws
The Standard
In a televised speech he said the men had "pretended" to be rebel fighters to claim cash handouts offered as rewards for helping to topple Col Gaddafi. One security guard was killed when about 200 armed men, some carrying mortars, tried to storm the ...
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4000 Gaddafi supporters in Libya prisons
The Voice of Russia
A total of 4000 supporters of Libya's slain dictator MuammarGaddafi are held in Libyan prisons. Many of them are held in secret prisons and subjected to torture. A report to this effect was made by Ian Martin, the head of the United Nations Support ...
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The Voice of Russia
Al Jazeera to disclose all with broadcast of Gaddafi regime phone taps
MediaMughals
Al Jazeera English has announced that it will broadcast phone wire taps from the inner circle of former Libyandictator Muammar Gaddafi. The two hour long news special called 'Libya on the Line' will broadcast some of the over 12000 phone taps.
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Libyan man likens embassy to mafia
Malta Independent Online
However, he said he worked hard on the campaign to free Libya from the Gaddafi regime and is doing all he can to set things right at the embassy. “The interim ambassador has no idea what is going on. The only help I get is from the Maltese, ...
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Al Jazeera to air Gaddafi regime phone calls
Rapid tv news
Phone wire taps from the inner circle of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi are to be broadcast by Al Jazeera English at 17:00 GMT on 11 May. Over 12000 calls were intercepted on phones used by the Prime Minister Al Baghdadi al Mahmoudi and Gaddafi ...
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Russian, Belarus, Ukrainian detainees in Libya ask their presidents for help
Kyiv Post
All of these people have been accused of restoring military hardware theGaddafi regime used "to exterminate the Libyan people." These people were liberated due to efforts taken by the Russian Embassy in Tripoli on September 3, but they were ...
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Russia Lifts Arms Embargo on Libya
Tripoli Post
Under the dictatorial regime of Muammar Gaddafi, Russia was the main provider of arms to the regime with sales reportedly accounting for 12 percent of Russia's arms exports in 2010, at a value of $10 billion. Senior figures within Libya's new military ...
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IEA sees pick-up in global oil demand
Financial Times
Supplies have been increasing from Iraq, Nigeria and Libya. The latter's oil industry has recovered strongly since the fall of the Gaddafi regime last year. The IEA said Opec has increased output for seven months running. Volumes were now at 31.85mb/d ...
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Embassy seeks release of Russians detained in Libya
Kyiv Post
There are two Russians among the detainees. Alexander Shadrov and Konstantin Dolgov were in Libya on a contract with an oil equipment maintenance company. Libya's post-Gaddafi authorities accuse them of collaborating with the former regime.
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Challenge from the Sahel
gulfnews.com
Tens of thousands of men from the Sahel, who had gone north to work in Libya or had been recruited as mercenaries by Muammar Al Gaddafi, headed for home when Libyasank into chaos. Many took with them weapons plundered from Gaddafi's stores.
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gulfnews.com
Tripoli Witness: Living Through Libya's Revolution
PRI's The World
Gaddafi fought on till captured and killed in October. The BBC's Rana Jawad was the only Western reporter to remain in Tripoli throughout the civil war. She also knewGaddafi's Libya well, having lived several years in Libya.
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PRI's The World
UN envoy: Libya unstable but moving to democracy
Ynetnews
The top UN envoy in Libya said Thursday there are positive signs that the country is moving toward democracy but longstanding tensions have escalated into armed conflicts, detainees are still being tortured, and there is rising discontent among former ...
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Egypt seizes heavy weapons from arms smugglers
New Zealand Herald
The confiscated weapons most likely came from Libya, which has become a key source of illicit arms since the civil war there last year, the official said. During the eight-month conflict that led to the toppling and killing of Muammar Gaddafi, ...
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On Libya, UN "Seeks Clarification" Of Immunity Law As SC Members Fail to File
Inner City Press
Inner City Press asked Libya's representative Ibrahim Dabbashi about Law 38, and also Law 37 which would impose life sentences to praisingGaddafi. Dabbashi expressed some discomfort with these laws, and implied they could and would be changed after ...
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Repsol's profit beats forecasts
gulfnews.com
Analysts said Repsol had generated more profit from its LNG unit and from its lucrative Libyan fields than expected, after the end of fighting last year to oust Muammar Gaddafi. "We have underestimated the positive impact of the normalisation of ...
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More than a million voters register for Libya poll
Ahram Online
More than a million Libyans have registered to participate in the first national elections since Muammar Gaddafi's regime was toppled, a spokesman for the high election commission said on Thursday. "There are now 1167999 registered voters," Ezzedine ...
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Sarkozy may face legal queries after immunity expires
Chicago Tribune
The most recent headache for Sarkozy was the publication last month by investigative news website Mediapart of a document it said showed that deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's government had sought to fund Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign.
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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi 'gave direct orders for Libyan opponents to be ...
By hoda.e
The son of the late Libyan dictator is heard telling a subordinate that an airbase held by rebels in the east of the country should be attacked, according to the tapes published by al-Jazeera. The Gamal Abdul al-Nasser base near Tobruk had ...
Shabab Libya
UNO is one of 4000 supporters of al-Gaddafi of Libya in secret ...
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Libyan missiles on the loose | Ya Libnan | World News Live from ...
By Ya Libnan
For the past few months, I've been hearing private warnings about another threat to commercial planes — namely, the spread of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles from Libya after the overthrow of MoammarGaddafi's regime. A State ...
Ya Libnan
Libya holds first civilian trial of alleged Gaddafi ... - Yahoo! News
News: ZAWIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Libya began its first civilian trial of alleged supporters of Muammar Gaddafi's regime on Tuesday, officials said, as five men ...
news.yahoo.com/libya-holds-first-civilian-trial-alleged-gaddafi...
Libya bans glorification of Gaddafi - ABC News (Australian ...
Libya's ruling National Transitional Council has criminalised the glorification of slain leader Moamar Gaddafi and his regime.
www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-03/libya-bans.../3986428
Libya bans 'glorification' of Gaddafi regime - Africa | IOL News | IOL ...
South Africa's Premier Online News Source. Discover the world of IOL,News South Africa, Sport, Business, Financial, World News, Entertainment, Technology, ...
www.iol.co.za/.../libya-bans-glorification-of-gaddafi-regime-1...
Shukri Ghanem: Libyan politician who deserted the Gaddafi regime ...
Shukri Ghanem, whose body has been found floating in the River Danube, was an important figure in Libya, where he and one of ColonelGaddafi's sons ...
www.independent.co.uk/.../shukri-ghanem-libyan-politician--...
Libya's Gaddafi-era oil chief dies in Austria | WORLD News
Libya's former top oil industry official, Shokri Ghanem, has died in exile in Austria, apparently of natural causes, police said.
tvnz.co.nz/.../libya-s-gaddafi-era-oil-chief-dies-in-austria-4857...
Saif Gaddafi should go on trial in Libya, war crimes tribunal told ...
The Guardian, UK and World news, User comments, Web. News · Sport ... Saif Gaddafi should go on trial in Libya, war crimes tribunal told. Tripoli urges ICC to ...
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/.../saif-gadaffi-trial-libya-icc
LIBYA Life in prison for glorifying Gaddafi or insulting Islam - Asia ...
The National Transitional Council adopts new laws. Assets belonging to the Gaddafi family and officials in his regime are seized. The Muslim Brotherhood and ...
www.asianews.it/.../Life-in-prison-for-glorifying-Gaddafi-or-i...
Arab League backs Libya trial for Gaddafi son - Africa - Al Jazeera ...
Bloc says it supports Libya's hosting of trial of Saif al-Islam, son of former Libya leader, in defiance of ICC request.
www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/.../20125173729495700.html
Libya grants immunity to Gaddafi rebels | World | News | National Post
Libyan authorities granted immunity to former rebels who fought to oust Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
news.nationalpost.com/.../libya-grants-immunity-to-revolution...
JURIST - Paper Chase: Libya challenges ICC's right to try Gaddafi's ...
JURIST - Paper Chase: Libya challenges ICC's right to try Gaddafi'sson. ... son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi [BBC obituary; JURIST news archive].
jurist.org/.../libya-challenges-iccs-right-to-try-gaddafis-son.ph...
Libya bans glorification of Gaddafi | GlobalPost
Libya today criminalized the glorification of former leader MuammarGaddafi, his sons, and his regime, according to The Tripoli Post. The laws passed by the ...
www.globalpost.com/.../libya-bans-glorification-gaddafi
Ex-Libya PM says Gaddafi funded Sarkozy campaign -lawyer ...
TUNIS (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's former prime minister, in jail in... reference to this letter in Libyan archives," he told a news conference, adding that it was ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../ex-libya-pm-says-gaddafi-funded-sar...
Libya says to wind up Gaddafi son investigation soon | Top News ...
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Libya said on Tuesday it would complete its investigation into Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, within weeks for crimes ...
af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE84101W20120502
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