Feb 8 Michel Cousins

Morocco demands visas for Libyans

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 8 February 2014:Libyans planning to visit Morocco will in future have to have a visa. Announcing the move, a spokesman...

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Jan 3 Callum Paton

US citizens held in Benghazi released

By Noora Ibrahim.Benghazi, 3 January 2014:Two US citizens detained by Benghazi Special Forces at the city's university campus yesterday have been rele...

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Libyan trainees celebrate ITEC Day at Indian embassy
Dec 21 Sami Zaptia

Libyan trainees celebrate ITEC Day at Indian embassy

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 21 December 2013:At what is now becoming an annual get together, the Indian Embassy in Tripoli celebrated ITEC Day last Thursd...

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Iraqi diplomats "quit Tripoli for five days"
Nov 19 Nigel Ash

Iraqi diplomats "quit Tripoli for five days"

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 19 November 2013:The Iraqi embassy in Tripoli is understood to have been closed and all staff and dependents moved to T...

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Oct 5 thomwestcott

Attack on Russian embassy was sparked by murder of revolutionary leader

Tripoli, 5 October 2013:Libyan and Russian authorities have confirmed that Wednesday’s attack on the Russian embassy in Tripoli was in retaliation for...

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United Nations condemns Foreign Ministry attack and assassinations in Benghazi
Sep 13 Michel Cousins

United Nations condemns Foreign Ministry attack and assassinations in Benghazi

Tripoli, 13 September 2013 :The United National Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned the bombing of the Libyan Foreign Ministry’s offices i...

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Dec 8 George Grant

Government dispatches special envoy to Iraq to urge clemency for Libyan citizen due for imminent execution

Tripoli, 8 December:A special envoy has been dispatched to Iraq to plead the case of a Libyan citizen due to be executed on Sunday on terrorism relate...

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Jul 22 Michel Cousins

Libya complains to Morocco over treatment of Libyan visitors

Tripoli, 22 July:Libya has formally protested to the Moroccan authorities about the treatment of Libyans visiting Morocco.They are being photographed...

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Libyan diplomat flees Bangladesh in alleged $13 million visa scam
Jun 29 Nigel Ash

Libyan diplomat flees Bangladesh in alleged $13 million visa scam

By Rahman Jahangir. Dhaka, 30 June:A middle-ranking Libyan diplomat in Bangladesh is reported to have absconded with up to $13 million of visa paymen...

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Jun 29 George Grant

Foreign ministry launching "urgent inquiry" into Tunisian boat attack

Tripoli, 29 June: The Foreign Ministry has said it is investigating the killing of a Tunisian fishing boat captain by a vessel belonging to the Libyan...

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