Feb 17 Michel Cousins

14 Qaddafi soldiers released in Zawia

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.17 February 2014:Fourteen soldiers, including eight senior officers, who were members of Qaddafi armed forces have been freed in...

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Feb 13 thomwestcott

Amendment to penal code “in conflict” with freedom of expression - LFJL

Tripoli, 13 February 2014:Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) has denounced a Penal Code amendment that criminalised insulting the General National Co...

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Feb 4 Callum Paton

Misrata leaders say removal of GNC would lead to chaos

By Taher Zarooq and Ahmed Elumami.Misrata,Tripoli, 4 February 2014:Local leaders and officials in Misrata have announced their support for the General...

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Jan 16 thomwestcott

Political activist and revolutionary assassinated in Derna

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 16 January 2014:A local political activist and former revolutionary was yesterday gunned down in the eastern town of De...

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One year on for Zuwara’s Masked Ones
Jan 6 Michel Cousins

One year on for Zuwara’s Masked Ones

By Taziz Hasairi.Zuwara, 6 January 2014:The Crime Counter Unit, Zuwara Branch, or the Masked Ones as people like to call them, celebrated their first...

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Benghazi to Belgium: Libyan motorcyclists rev up for road trip
Sep 21 thomwestcott

Benghazi to Belgium: Libyan motorcyclists rev up for road trip

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 21 September 2013:Two Libyan motorcyclists have set off from Benghazi on a road trip that will take in Libya, part of T...

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Blockading oil terminals "a sin" says Dar Al-Ifta
Sep 12 Michel Cousins

Blockading oil terminals "a sin" says Dar Al-Ifta

Tripoli, 12 September 2013:The Dar Al-Ifta Islamic Research and Studies Council has said that any tampering with Libya’s oil industry, for any reason...

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Special Forces colonel survives assassination attempt
Aug 13 thomwestcott

Special Forces colonel survives assassination attempt

By Ayman Amzein. Benghazi, 13 August 2013:Benghazi Special Forces Colonel Jalal Elorfi survived an assassination attempt this morning when a car-bo...

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Jul 30 thomwestcott

New Chief of Staff appointed

Tripoli, 30 July 2013:Colonel Abdulsalam Jad Allah Al-Salheen Al-Obaidi has been appointed as the new Chief of Staff.Al-Obaidi has a degree in militar...

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May 29 Michel Cousins

United Nations calls for rules to ensure women to be elected to Constitutional Commission

Tripoli, 29 May 2103: The UN has called for rules to be put in place to ensure that a sufficient number of women are elected to the 60-member Con...

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