Violence thwarts aid efforts in Libya
Source: United Press International
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-04-03 10:18:14 -0700 | travel-news
Humanitarian relief operations are complicated by fighting in Libya, an International Committee of the Red Cross volunteer said. Libya has struggled with national security issues since the civil war in 2011. Internal rivalries have complicated a tense security situation exacerbated...
Libya says it should be allowed to try spy chief
Source: The Boston Globe
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-04-03 04:10:25 -0700 | travel-news
Netherlands (AP) Libya has formally applied to the International Criminal Court to be allowed to put Moammar Gadhafi's former spy chief on trial in Tripoli instead of sending him to The Hague to face justice. In a lengthy submission published...
Libyan state TV suspends work over security row
Source: The Boston Globe
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-04-02 13:23:55 -0700 | travel-news
Libya (AP) Staff members at Libya's state TV news channel have suspended work indefinitely after an employee was allegedly assaulted by a member of a militia guarding their building. Live shows were cancelled, and Libya al-Wataniya was airing only archive...
Report: Ex-minister says Gadhafi ordered Lockerbie
Source: Taiwan News
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-04-01 09:41:26 -0700 | travel-news
Swedish tabloid Expressen says Libya's ex-justice minister claims Moammar Gadhafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people in 1988. Expressen on Wednesday quoted Mustafa Abdel-Jalil as telling their correspondent in Libya that "I have proof that Gadhafi gave...
Libyan PM's top aide 'kidnapped'
Source: BBC
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-04-01 06:35:42 -0700 | travel-news
s aide Mohamed al-Ghattous 'kidnapped' A top aide to Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been kidnapped on the outskirts of the capital, Tripoli, government officials say. Mohamed al-Ghattous is believed to have been seized late on Sunday in the...
Refugees of Libyan War Protest at World Social Forum
Source: Inter Press Service
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-03-31 10:45:41 -0700 | travel-news
IPS Articles During this week's World Social Forum , held in Tunis, a group of 50 refugees made it to the capital to demand a solution...The hunger strikers pledged to continue their fast until a solution was found...In my country...
Libya's Christians tense as Easter festivities begin
Source: Jerusalem Post
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-03-31 00:58:35 -0700 | travel-news
Churches in Libya tighten holiday security in concern for safety of congregants from possible threats from Islamist militants. An Egyptian Coptic Church that was set on fire is seen in Benghazi March 14, 2013. Esam Al-Fetori Churches in Libya's capital,...
Two killed in attack on Libyan military camp
Source: The Daily Star
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-03-30 23:29:44 -0700 | travel-news
A member of the Libyan army is seen at the Mellitah Oil and Gas complex, located 100 km west of Tripoli March 4, 2013. Two Libyan military officers were killed and three soldiers injured when unknown assailants forced their way...
Gunmen attack Libyan military air base, killing 2
Source: The Boston Globe
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-03-30 10:06:59 -0700 | travel-news
Libya (AP) A Libyan military spokesman says more than 150 gunmen have attacked an air base in the country's southern desert, killing two government troops. Saad al-Orfi says the attack early Saturday targeted a military air base about 45 kilometers...
Libyan official: 3 activists raped by militiamen
Source: The Daily Star
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-03-29 17:42:31 -0700 | travel-news
Three female British activists of Pakistani origin were raped by Libyan pro-government militiamen in the eastern city of Benghazi, after joining an aid convoy bound for Gaza to break an Israeli blockade, officials from several countries confirmed on Friday.
Libya 'plans to spend $4.7B on defense'
Source: United Press International
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-03-26 13:55:27 -0700 | travel-news
Libya, still gripped by fierce militia rivalries 18 months after the downfall of Moammar Gadhafi , is reported to be planning to spend some $4.7 billion on upgrading its dilapidated military forces over the next year, including purchases of fighter...
R2P After Syria
Source: Foreign Affairs
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-03-26 11:44:28 -0700 | travel-news
Children in Deir al-Zour, Syria, March 2013 (Courtesy Reuters) The international community has also developed better tools for managing and preventing conflicts. Peace agreements are more effective and less likely to break down. Transitional justice institutions, including the International...
Author barred from Libya for being Jewish
Source: The independent
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-03-22 13:23:51 -0700 | travel-news
Suggested Topics The French celebrity philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy was banned from joining the former President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to Libya this week because he is Jewish. Mr Levy was a vocal advocate of the French and British-led military intervention which...
Obama In Jordan: President Meets With King Abdullah II
Source: World News
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-03-22 11:01:52 -0700 | travel-news
President Obama and Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand speak to the press after meeting in the Oval Office. The President offers his condolences to the people of Norway after a bombing in Oslo...In countries like Afghanistan, Cote d'Ivoire...
Libya PM: Gaddafi's son in good health
Source: Reuters
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2012-07-17 17:22:27 -0700 | technology-news
Topics Saif al-Islam is seen after his capture, in the custody of revolutionary fighters in Obari, Libya November 19, 2011. Libya's prime minister met war crimes prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday and reassured him that Muammar Gaddafi's detained son is...
Cartoons of The Day
Build Your Allvoices Brand. Gain Influence. Make Money.
News From Hot Locations
