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We have started to collect the most important news related to Libya in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has been buried in a private ceremony in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
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United StatesThe death of the Libyan man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has been received with mixed emotions by the relatives of the victims.
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Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi dies at home in Tripoli, nearly three years after he was controversially freed from a Scottish prison.
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Residents in the Libyan city of Benghazi vote in local council elections, the first polls held in the city since the 1960s.
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Libya has asked the International Criminal Court to abandon its legal action against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, so he can be tried in Tripoli.
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Auction tribute to combat photojournalist killed in Libya
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Seven people are killed and more than 20 injured in clashes in Libya's western desert town of Ghadames, the government says.
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Libya's Islamist rebel commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj says he has quit the military in a bid to enter politics, ahead of upcoming polls.
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Lebanon, 
SyriaFive people are killed in sectarian clashes in the Lebanese city of Tripoli linked to continuing unrest in neighbouring Syria, officials say.
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Nato says it did "everything possible to minimise risk to civilians" during last year's air strikes in Libya, after a critical report by a rights group.
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A leading human rights organisation urges Nato to investigate fully the deaths of at least 72 civilians in air strikes in Libya last year.
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Lebanon, SyriaAt least two people are killed in sectarian clashes in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, as tensions in neighbouring Syria spill over the border.
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Libyan Prime Minister Abdurrahim al-Keib denounces gunmen who attacked his offices in the capital Tripoli as "outlaws".
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The office of Libyan PM Abdurrahim al-Keib is attacked by ex-rebels demanding compensation promised by the government, leaving at least one guard dead.
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Libya's NTC lifts its ban on religious parties as Libyans register to vote in June's congressional elections.
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AustriaFormer Libyan oil minister Shukri Ghanem died by drowning, according to preliminary post-mortem results in Austria.
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FranceFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy is to file a complaint against a website that claimed Libya's Col Gaddafi offered to fund his 2007 election campaign.
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Survivors of a Libyan prison massacre tell their story
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AustriaThe body of former Libyan Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem is found in the River Danube near the Austrian capital, Vienna, police say.
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Libyan authorities ban the formation of political parties based on religious principles, tribe or ethnicity ahead of elections scheduled for June.
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A Libyan military commander is taking legal action against Jack Straw, to find out if the former foreign secretary signed papers allowing his rendition.
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The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor arrives in Libya to discuss the case of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, indicted for crimes against humanity.
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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi could be tried in Libya, rather than by the International Criminal Court, officials close to the case tell the BBC.
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Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is said to have been admitted to hospital in Libya to receive blood transfusions.
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Is this the person to win Libya's first Olympic medal?
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UkraineUkraine says it is doing all it can to secure the extradition from Libya of 19 of its citizens accused of being pro-Gaddafi mercenaries.
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United KingdomThe UK government approved the rendition of a terror suspect to the Gaddafi regime in 2004, the BBC can reveal.
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Libya rejects a request to hand over late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam to the International Criminal Court.
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The International Criminal Court rejects a Libyan request to delay the handover of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who is wanted for war crimes.
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Clashes between ethnic Berbers and their Arab neighbours have killed at least 14 people and injured many more in Libya, officials say.
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At least 14 people have been killed and many more injured in clashes between different ethnic groups in western Libya, officials say.
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VenezuelaThe EU bans all Libyan airlines from its airspace until November at the earliest because of safety concerns, and also bans a Venezuelan carrier.
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Tensions boil over at Libya's rubbish-strewn pet market
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Nato, coastguards and search and rescue authorities are blamed in a report into the deaths of 63 Libyan refugees on a small boat.
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Fighting between rival militias around the southern Libyan town of Sabha leaves at least 70 people dead, officials say.
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NetherlandsA Dutch court awards 1m euros in compensation to a Palestinian doctor imprisoned in Libya for eight years for allegedly infecting children with HIV.
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Clashes between rival militias in the southern Libyan city of Sabha leave more than 30 people dead and dozens wounded, officials say.
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Will a desert wall of wrecked cars stop Libya's migrant trafficking?
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The Libyan town of Kufra has become a major staging post for people from sub-Saharan Africa, whom are trying to get to Europe.
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NigerFormer Tuareg rebel Aghali Alambo, who became a close aide of ex-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, is arrested in Niger on suspicion of arms smuggling.
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MauritaniaLibya's deputy PM says Mauritania will extradite Gaddafi intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, but there is no official confirmation.
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MauritaniaAs the Libyan authorities try to secure the extradition of Abdullah al-Senussi - the head of intelligence in Col Gaddafi's government - from neighbouring Mauritania, details have emerged about the number of people that may have been killed and abduct
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Human rights group Amnesty International calls on Nato to investigate civilian deaths from its bombing campaign in Libya last year.
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