Libya-Turkey $20 billion payments deal seems nearer
Feb 17 Nigel Ash

Libya-Turkey $20 billion payments deal seems nearer

Tripoli 17 February 2013:Prime Minister Ali Zeidan flies to Turkey this week , to meet his counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, amid what appear to be i...

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Libya’s new biometric passport officially revealed
Feb 8 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s new biometric passport officially revealed

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 8 February 2013:Deputy Minister Abdulsalam Al-Gadi revealed at Thursday’s press conference a copy of the new issue biometric L...

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Feb 8 Nigel Ash

Wives can no longer stop husbands taking second bride

Tripoli, 8 February 2013:A husband may now marry second wife, without the permission of his first, following a ruling by the Constitutional Chamber of...

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Dec 25 Sami Zaptia

Abdul Jalil accuses ‘Libyan Islamists’ of Younis’s death

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 25 December:Former NTC head Mustafa Abdul Jalil accussed a group of ‘’Libyan Islamists’’ of being responsible for the death of...

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No more trials for civilians in military courts, Jalil included, says Justice Minister
Dec 19 George Grant

No more trials for civilians in military courts, Jalil included, says Justice Minister

By George Grant.Tripoli, 19 December:The Ministry of Justice is planning to amend a Qaddafi-era law that allows civilians to be tried in military cour...

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Breaking: Benghazi military court drops Fatah Younis case
Dec 19 George Grant

Breaking: Benghazi military court drops Fatah Younis case

Benghazi, 19 December:The military court in Benghazi has declared that it will no longer be responsible for the trial relating to the killing of Abdul...

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Revolutionaries continue pro-Jalil protests in Tripoli and Tajoura
Dec 19 George Grant

Revolutionaries continue pro-Jalil protests in Tripoli and Tajoura

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 19 December:Protests in support of former NTC Chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil continued for a second day in Tripoli and Tajoura...

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Libyan rights group condemns Jalil's trial by military court
Dec 18 tomlittle

Libyan rights group condemns Jalil's trial by military court

Tripoli, 18 December:The head of a Libyan human rights group condemned the decision to try former chairman of the National Transitional Council Mustaf...

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Abdul Jalil will stand trial "very soon" in connection with Younis murder
Dec 16 George Grant

Abdul Jalil will stand trial "very soon" in connection with Younis murder

By Mohamed Bujenah and George Grant.Benghazi, 16 December: Mustafa Abdul Jalil will stand trial “very soon” in connection with the killing of General...

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Protest in Zawia in support of Jalil
Dec 15 tomlittle

Protest in Zawia in support of Jalil

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab. Tripoli, 15 December:Around 100 people held a demonstration in Zawia in solidarity with the embattled former chairman of the Na...

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