LSE criticised for links with Gaddafi regime in Libya
BBC News
By Stuart Hughes BBC News The London School of Economics has been heavily criticised for a "chapter of failures" in its links with the Gaddafi regime in Libya. A report by former Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf says mistakes and errors of judgement ...
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Libya displays Roman treasures looted by Gaddafi troops
Reuters
Libya overthrew Gaddafi in an seven-month war, the bloodiest of this year's Arab Spring uprisings. The country's cultural heritage emerged from the fighting relatively unscathed. The biggest theft reported so far was a huge collection of ancient coins, ...
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Aisha Gaddafi, Daughter Of Former Libya Leader, Calls For Overthrow Of New Rulers
Huffington Post
Gadhafi, Libya's dictator for 42 years, was captured with his son Muatassim on Oct. 20 and killed by rebels. As the Libyan capital of Tripoli fell to rebel forces, Aisha, her mother and two of her brothers took refuge in neighboring Algeria. ...
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Libya leader, in Khartoum, thanks Sudan for weapons
Reuters
"The Libyan people have given the Sudanese people the greatest gift, and that is the liberation ofLibya from Gaddafi and his regime," Bashir told the conference. "Sudan has experienced no harm, even from the colonial nations, like the injury caused by ...
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North Africa: Not Yet Time for Celebration in Libya
AllAfrica.com
A closer look at the situation in post-Gaddafi Libya reveals that it is too soon to start celebrating. As in similar other conflict situations such as Iraq, the military victory of the NTC and NATO overGaddafi simply marks the beginning of the more ...
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Libyan Berbers protest outside PM's office
Reuters
The Amazigh, or Berber, people are seeking recognition of their language and culture now that Muammar Gaddafi's repressive rule is over, and their demands are causing tensions with the Arab majority. The dispute is one of dozens in Libyan society that ...
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Gaddafi and me: professor explains why LSE took cash from Libyan tyrant's son
The Independent
A description of how Saif Gaddafi changed into a "frightened" man as the Libyan revolution approached is given today by his informal academic adviser from the London School of Economics. Professor David Held, professor of political science at the LSE, ...
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Saif Gaddafi London School Of Economics Admittance Investigated
Huffington Post
After the start of the uprising in Libya, the London School of Economics found itself increasingly criticized for its ties to Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, Colonel Gaddafi's son and heir-apparent. In March 2011, when the Libyan uprising gained strength and ...
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The Son Also Sets: Behind Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's Capture
TIME
Perhaps it is all hindsight now for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, 39, the son and would-be heir of the recently and violently deceased Muammar, as he sits in detention in western Libya. No longer a fugitive from his country's new powers-that-be, ...
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The West's shameless conspiracy against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
The Citizen Daily
Journalists who flew in the plane that was dispatched to pick up Saif al-Islam in Awbari, an oil outpost in southern Libya, said the younger Gaddafi was captured in the dead of night with his most trusted lieutenants. He was attempting to cross into ...
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UN faults Libya's NTC for legal limbo
Al Jazeera
A new United Nations report says up to 7000 people suspected to have fought with MuammarGaddafi forces, are being held in Libya without legal representation. Of the 7000 currently under National Transitional Council-administered custody, ...
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How Gaddafi toppled a Roman emperor
The Guardian (blog)
Septimius Severus was Libyan. Tripoli, when you come to think about it, has a nice Greek ring to it, and indeed means "three cities" – ancient Tripolitania consisting of Sabratha, Oea and Lepcis Magna. His legacy in Tripolitania was a massive ...
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Newsmaker: Technocrat "oil man" takes charge of Libya lifeline
Reuters
Gaddafi - or they amplified their connections with Gaddafi in order to increase their prestige," said Geoff Porter, a US independent expert on Libya. "In the new post-Gaddafi Libya, they are tainted and would have been rejected by the Libyan population ...
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MORE ON THE STORY
RT
The Libyan government apparently wants to share its successful experience of overthrowing theGaddafi regime with like-minded Syrians. It has sent 600 of its troops to support local militants against the Assad regime, according to media reports. ...
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Libya opens door to foreign investment – slowly
Jerusalem Post
After eight months of civil war, the door to foreign investment in Libya is slowly opening again – but businesses will likely find a very different country behind it than they knew from the era of strongman Muamar Gaddafi. More emphasis is likely to be ...
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Campaign deconstructed
Financial Times
Col Gaddafi did not make it out of Libya alive. But that hasn't stopped Nando's, the South Africa-based fast food company, picking up on the theme for its festive season ad. The comical campaign is the latest in a Nando's tradition of injecting humour ...
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Repatriation of remains of 13 US soldiers in Libya may not happen soon
Washington Post
Their efforts have been alternately blocked by the Gaddafi government and resisted by defense officials. This week, three months after the ouster of the Gaddafi government, the Senate was on the brink of passing legislation that would have required the ...
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LSE chief accepts Gaddafi report
The Press Association
The head of the London School of Economics (LSE) says a report criticising its acceptance of a £1.5 million donation from Libya showed "failings in our governance and management". Colonel MuammarGaddafi's most high-profile son, Saif al-Islam, ...
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Funny Nando commercial features Colonel Gaddafi Saddam Hussein Mugabe ...
YouTube
Nando's the chicken restaurant chain has courted controversy over its new advertisement which features Colonel Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein. Gaddafi and Hussein, the deceased leaders ofLibya, and Iraq repectively, are seen joking with each other in the ...
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LSE checks Seif Gaddafi's input into his PhD
Financial Times
Mr Gaddafi received help with his application to study at the LSE. BAE Systems seconded someone to work for him in Libya in 2002, who assisted him with the process. The same year, the Foreign Office in London asked whether Oxford would admit him, ...
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