Aug 2 Michel Cousins

Four Benghazi children killed in mortar explosion

By Noora Ibrahim.Benghazi, 2 August 2014:Four children, aged between 10 and 13 years of age, were killed yesterday when an ordinance shell exploded. ...

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Mar 22 thomwestcott

Qaddafi-era land-mine explodes, killing one

Tripoli, 22 March 2014:A man has been killed after a land-mine left over from the revolution exploded in the forest area east of Zintan.The man has be...

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Fifty tonnes of ammunition destroyed in Misrata
Dec 14 thomwestcott

Fifty tonnes of ammunition destroyed in Misrata

Tripoli, 14 December 2013:Fifty tonnes of ammunition has been destroyed in one of the largest ever controlled demolitions in Libya.Organised by intern...

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Dec 3 thomwestcott

Unexploded NATO bombs destroyed

By Taziz Ahsairi and Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 3 December 2013:Tons of unexploded ordinance dating back to the revolution, including from NATO bombings, w...

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Funding deficit to halt clearance of unsafe Misrata ammunition stores
Aug 30 thomwestcott

Funding deficit to halt clearance of unsafe Misrata ammunition stores

Tripoli, 30 August 2013:The clearance of ammunition and weapons from 43 unsafe concrete bunkers in an area badly damaged by NATO bombs in 2011 is bein...

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Clearance of unexploded ordnance makes Libyan cities safer
Aug 9 thomwestcott

Clearance of unexploded ordnance makes Libyan cities safer

Tripoli, 9 August 2013:Three Libyan towns and cities have been made safer for residents after 100,000 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) dating from t...

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4,500 weapons destroyed in controlled demolition
Mar 12 thomwestcott

4,500 weapons destroyed in controlled demolition

Tripoli, 12 March 2013:Weapons and explosive remnants of war collected by clearance agencies over the last year have been destroyed in a controlled de...

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Unexploded Scud destroyed near Sirte
Dec 13 tomlittle

Unexploded Scud destroyed near Sirte

Tripoli, 13 December:Ordnance experts destroyed a Scud missile warhead near Sirte today after it had lain inactive for nearly 17 months.The missile, t...

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National Army produces its first explosive ordinance disposal experts
Dec 9 George Grant

National Army produces its first explosive ordinance disposal experts

By George Grant.Tripoli, 9 December:The first soldiers ever to be trained in explosive ordinance disposal inside Libya graduated today, at a high-prof...

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Nov 18 George Grant

Two officials killed by unexploded ordnance at rubbish dump in Hasawna

Tripoli, 18 November:Two people have been killed by an explosion at a rubbish dump in the Hasawna area of southwest Libya.The blast took place after t...

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