First post-revolution International Tripoli Book Fair opens
Oct 2 Nigel Ash

First post-revolution International Tripoli Book Fair opens

By Houda Mzioudet, Culture Minister Amin shows PM Ali Zeidan around the fair. (Photo: Aimen Eljali)Tripoli 2 October 2013:??A record 70,000 different...

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Tree planting after the fires
May 31 Michel Cousins

Tree planting after the fires

Tripoli, 31 May 2013:Following fast on the devastating forest fire earlier this week in the Jebel Nafusa nature reserve near Emsalata, a reforestation...

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Apr 26 thomwestcott

Libya Movie Awards suspended

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 26 April 2013:The Libya Movie Awards, which were today interrupted by a bomb threat relating to the venue - the Mahari theatr...

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Tripoli book fair speaks volumes about Libyan readers
Apr 21 thomwestcott

Tripoli book fair speaks volumes about Libyan readers

By Tom Westcott and Seraj Essul.Tripoli, 21 April 2013:Martyrs’ Square was today the scene of bustling excitement as hundreds of book lovers descended...

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Demonstrators at Appeal Court want Khatabi's release
Apr 16 Nigel Ash

Demonstrators at Appeal Court want Khatabi's release

A quiet and dignified demonstration of several dozen people was mounted in front of Tripoli Court of Appeal today, to demand the release of jailed jou...

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Pressure increases for release of ailing editor
Apr 14 Nigel Ash

Pressure increases for release of ailing editor

Tripoli, 14 April 2013:The Libyan authorities must free Amara Hassan Al-Khatabi, editor of Al-Ummah daily and drop charges against him, says Human Rig...

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Launch of the Libya Initiative’s multimedia training
Apr 4 thomwestcott

Launch of the Libya Initiative’s multimedia training

Tripoli, 4 April 2013:The Minister of Culture, Habib Mohammed Al-Amin, and the Italian Ambassador in Tripoli, Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi, have launched...

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Omar Mukhtar museum for Benghazi
Jan 21 Nigel Ash

Omar Mukhtar museum for Benghazi

Minister of Culture, Habib Mohammed Al-AminBenghazi, 21 January:A museum dedicated to Omar Mukhtar and the Armed Struggle  is to be built in Benghazi,...

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Make Amazigh language official says Magarief
Jan 12 Michel Cousins

Make Amazigh language official says Magarief

By Michel Cousins.Tripoli, 12 January 2013:The president of the General National Congress, Mohamed Magarief, has said that the Amazigh language, Tamaz...

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