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.

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Libya: news

Libya air crash 'kills over 100'

Wednesday, May 12th 2010, 17:29

More than 100 people, including dozens of Dutch nationals, are killed in a plane crash at Tripoli airport, Libyan officials say.
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Gaddafi wants more Nigeria splits

Monday, March 29th 2010, 15:08
related countries: Nigeria

Libyan leader Gaddafi says Nigeria should be split into several states along ethnic lines - comments bound to anger Nigeria.
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EU and Libya lift bans on visas

Saturday, March 27th 2010, 22:46
related countries: Switzerland
related places: Tripoli

The EU and Libya lift bans on granting visas to each others' citizens, imposed during a row between Tripoli and Switzerland.
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Swiss offer to end ban on Libya

Thursday, March 25th 2010, 13:08
related countries: Switzerland

Switzerland offers to lift a travel ban on some Libyan citizens to ease tensions in a diplomatic row between the two countries.
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Libya releases Islamist prisoners

Tuesday, March 23rd 2010, 18:50

Libya frees 214 Islamist inmates as part of its programme of rehabilitation, Muammar Gaddafi's son announces.
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Nigeria recalls Libya ambassador

Thursday, March 18th 2010, 18:30
related countries: Nigeria

Nigeria recalls its ambassador to Libya after leader Muammar Gaddafi suggested Nigeria be divided into two states.
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Gaddafi says split Nigeria in two

Tuesday, March 16th 2010, 14:56
related countries: Nigeria

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says Nigeria should be split into two to avoid further bloodshed between Muslims and Christians.
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US apology for Gaddafi comments

Tuesday, March 9th 2010, 20:24
related countries: Switzerland, United States

The US apologises for comments made by a spokesman after Libya's Col Gaddafi called for a holy war against Switzerland.
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US apology for Gaddafi comments

Tuesday, March 9th 2010, 19:47
related countries: Switzerland, United States

The US State Department apologises for comments its spokesman made after Libya's Col Gaddafi called for a holy war against Switzerland.
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UN slams Libya anti-Swiss 'jihad'

Friday, February 26th 2010, 11:07
related countries: Switzerland

A top UN official condemns Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for a jihad against Switzerland, labelling it "inadmissible".
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Gaddafi urges 'holy war' on Swiss

Friday, February 26th 2010, 1:19
related countries: Switzerland

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi calls for jihad against Switzerland, as an ongoing diplomatic row heats up.
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Swiss man surrenders to Libyans

Monday, February 22nd 2010, 17:48
related countries: Switzerland
related places: Tripoli

A Swiss businessmen sheltering at the Swiss embassy in Tripoli amid a diplomatic row is being taken to jail, an official says.
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EU deplores Libya entry visa ban

Tuesday, February 16th 2010, 13:21

The EU condemns Libya's decision to suspend visas for the many Europeans whose countries are in the Schengen border-free zone.
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Libya bars Europeans in Swiss row

Monday, February 15th 2010, 18:04
related countries: Switzerland

Libya stops issuing visas to citizens from many European nations, in the latest development in a row with Switzerland.
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Swiss man cleared by Libyan court

Sunday, February 7th 2010, 15:07
related countries: Switzerland

A court in Libya dismisses a case against a Swiss businessman who was accused of illegal business activities.
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Libya 'must halt web crackdown'

Thursday, February 4th 2010, 11:34

Human Rights Watch urges Libya to stop a web crackdown which has blocked opposition sites and the video-sharing site YouTube.
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Libya overturns Swiss man's jail

Sunday, January 31st 2010, 16:13
related countries: Switzerland

A Libyan appeal court quashes a Swiss businessman's jail term for a visa charge in a case that has been linked to a diplomatic row.
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Russia announces Libya arms deal

Saturday, January 30th 2010, 19:36
related countries: Russia

Russia is to supply Libya with weapons to the value of $1.8bn, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announces.
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Row over Gaddafi's Africa role

Thursday, January 28th 2010, 14:55

Attempts to extend Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's chairmanship of the African Union cause a diplomatic spat.
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'Flaws' in key Lockerbie evidence

Wednesday, January 6th 2010, 4:50

A BBC investigation casts doubt on key evidence linking Libyan bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi to the 1988 Lockerbie attack.
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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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Africa MPs cheer Lockerbie bomber

Wednesday, September 9th 2009, 16:14

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi appears in public for the first time since his hero's welcome in Libya.
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Libya 'surprise' at pay-out row

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 10:49

A senior Libyan diplomat has said there was "surprise" that the issue of compensation for victims of the IRA has been raised again.
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Gaddafi son resists IRA pay-out

Monday, September 7th 2009, 9:14

Colonel Gaddafi's son says Libya will resist demands from the families of IRA victims for compensation.
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UK PM backs bid for Libya pay-out

Sunday, September 6th 2009, 21:56
related countries: United Kingdom

Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the UK will back compensation claims made against Libya by families of IRA victims.
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Libya leader's green-tinted spectacle

Saturday, September 5th 2009, 11:19

The Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been celebrating the 40th anniversary of the military coup which brought him to power in 1969. David Willey witnessed the festivities.
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Gaddafi warned over New York trip

Thursday, September 3rd 2009, 7:10
related countries: United States
related places: New York

The US urges Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi to watch his conduct when he visits the UN in New York later this month.
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British PM denies Libya cover-up

Wednesday, September 2nd 2009, 16:14
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Lockerbie

Prime Minister Gordon Brown says there was "no conspiracy, no cover-up" over the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber.
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