Tripoli photo exhibition looks to city’s past beauty
Dec 14 Michel Cousins

Tripoli photo exhibition looks to city’s past beauty

By Tom Little.Tripoli, 14 December:The King’s Palace in Tripoli, officially known as the Museum of Libya, today Friday hosted the opening of an exhibi...

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Dec 13 tomlittle

Britain pays £2.2m to Saadi over rendition claims

By Tom Little.Sami Al-SaadiTripoli, 13 December:The UK government today agreed to pay £2.2 million in compensation to Sami Al-Saadi and his family ove...

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Nov 4 Michel Cousins

Chad war veterans to be given grant

Tripoli, 4 November: Libyans who fought in the  war in Chad which ended in 1987 are to be paid a financial grant.  The figure is put at  as much as...

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Hun Tourism Festival starts Monday
Oct 27 Michel Cousins

Hun Tourism Festival starts Monday

Tripoli, 27 October:The Autumn International Tourism Festival of Arts and Heritage starts next Monday in the town of Hun in central Libya.Known as the...

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Political leaders to commemorate Libya's first Prime Minister, Mahmoud Muntasser
Sep 29 Michel Cousins

Political leaders to commemorate Libya's first Prime Minister, Mahmoud Muntasser

By Michel Cousins.Muntasser addressing Libyans accompanied by Crown Prince (Photo: Belgassem Muntasser)Tripoli, 30 September:A one-day event to commem...

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Imam abducted by Salafists as Tripoli shrine demolition continues
Aug 26 George Grant

Imam abducted by Salafists as Tripoli shrine demolition continues

By Hadi Fornaji.The Imam (left) was abducted after he tried to persuade the Salafists that destroying the shrine was un-Islamic.Tripoli, 26 August 201...

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The Qaddafi Archives, Libya before the Arab Spring
Jun 22 Nigel Ash

The Qaddafi Archives, Libya before the Arab Spring

By Nahla Al-Ageli.London, 22 June:This controversial exhibition, part of the London Festival of Photography 2012, draws on original archive material u...

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April 7 1976: The start of Libya’s Feb 17 Revolution?
Apr 7 Michel Cousins

April 7 1976: The start of Libya’s Feb 17 Revolution?

By Sami ZaptiaTripoli, April 7If you asked most of Libya’s youth today, up to say the age of 35, when exactly did the Libyan Revolution to depose the...

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Mar 3 Michel Cousins

50th Anniversary of death of Libyan nationalist Mohammed Al-Issawi

by Ashraf Abdul Wahab.According to Libyan historian Salam Kabtih, Thursday, 1, March was the 50th anniversary of the death of the prominent Libyan sch...

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