News: Libya

We have started to collect the most important news related to Libya in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Libya – overview

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• December 12th 2009 – September 12th 2009
• September 9th 2009 – August 28th 2009
• August 27th 2009 – August 20th 2009
• August 19th 2009 – April 29th 2009
• April 9th 2009 – November 14th 2008
• November 10th 2008 – September 1st 2008
• September 1st 2008 – July 25th 2008
• July 24th 2008 – April 4th 2008
• March 24th 2008 – October 29th 2007
• October 27th 2007 – August 3rd 2007
• August 2nd 2007 – July 17th 2007
• July 17th 2007 – May 29th 2007
• May 29th 2007 – December 19th 2006
• December 6th 2006 – May 18th 2006
• May 16th 2006 – February 18th 2006
• February 18th 2006 – December 17th 2005
• December 6th 2005 – November 15th 2005

Libya: news

Libyan human rights 'improving'

Saturday, December 12th 2009, 17:04

There have been limited improvements in Libya's human rights record, Human Rights Watch says.
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Libya sentences Swiss men to jail

Wednesday, December 2nd 2009, 13:49
related countries: Switzerland
related places: Geneva

Libya jails two Swiss men in what analysts say is continuing fallout from last year's arrest of Muammar Gaddafi's son, Hannibal.
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Gaddafi 'to mediate' football row

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 22:42
related countries: Algeria, Egypt

Libya's Col Muammar Gaddafi is set to mediate between Algeria and Egypt in a bitter football row, state media says.
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Gaddafi's secret bid to convert Roman beauties to Islam

Monday, November 16th 2009, 12:59

Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi throws a party for 200 girls but then tells them why they should become Muslims.
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Libya to put Swiss men on trial

Thursday, November 12th 2009, 15:20
related countries: Switzerland

Two Swiss businessmen held in Libya for more than a year must face trial on tax and visa issues, officials say.
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Libya releases Swiss businessmen

Monday, November 9th 2009, 17:08
related countries: Switzerland

Two Swiss businessmen seized in Libya in August have been handed over to the country's Swiss embassy, officials say.
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Libya talks over IRA compensation

Saturday, October 31st 2009, 7:21

A delegation representing victims of IRA violence is to hold talks in Libya later over compensation claims.
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UN body to debate Gaza 'crimes'

Thursday, October 8th 2009, 9:32

The UN brings forward a Security Council session on the Middle East after Libya demands a Gaza war crimes debate.
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A necklace and two cameras - Col Gaddafi's Venezuela shopping list

Tuesday, September 29th 2009, 4:40
related countries: Venezuela

Libyan leader Col Muammar suprises shoppers with a visit to a luxury arcade on a Venezuelan island.
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No deal on Megrahi, says Gaddafi

Saturday, September 26th 2009, 16:42

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says there was no deal to secure the release of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.
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Gaddafi in Lockerbie family talks

Saturday, September 26th 2009, 13:26

Libya's Col Muammar Gaddafi meets some of the relatives of the victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
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Colonel Gaddafi's tent falls foul of US building code

Wednesday, September 23rd 2009, 11:43
related countries: United States
related places: New York

US officials order workers to stop construction of Col Muammar Gaddafi's trademark tent near New York, a local attorney says.
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UK officers train Libyan police

Friday, September 18th 2009, 11:06
related countries: Ireland, United Kingdom

Northern Irish officers have been travelling to Libya over the past two years to help to train its police, the BBC has learned.
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Gaddafi son calls for democracy

Wednesday, September 16th 2009, 12:16

The son of the Libya's Muammar Gaddafi calls for more democracy, writing in an academic paper.
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SAS training Libya, paper claims

Saturday, September 12th 2009, 13:49

An SAS team has been training Libyan special forces in counter-terrorism techniques, according to the Daily Telegraph.
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