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Libyan Court Gives Death Sentence to Gaddafi Son Saif al-Islam
A Libyan court passed a death sentence in absentia on Muammar Gaddafi's most prominent son Saif al-Islam today for suppressing peaceful protests during the country's 2011 revolution that ended his father's rule.
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A Front-Row Seat as Libya's Hopes Faded
Late last year I was sitting in Tripoli's foreign ministry when a guard drew a gun on a colleague next to me and then kicked him down a stairwell. His mistake? He had complained about a news conference being delayed.
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Libya Court to Rule on Muammar Gaddafi's Son Saif, Former Officials on July 28
A Libyan court will rule on July 28 on a son of Muammar Gaddafi and 36 other former regime officials accused of war crimes and suppressing peaceful protests during the 2011 revolution, a state prosecutor said on Monday.
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Tunisia Prime Minister Sees Main Threat From Libya
The greatest threat that Tunisia faces is coming from neighboring Libya, where militias are fighting each other, Tunisia's outgoing Prime Minister said Friday.
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Rising Oil Risks Push 2015 Prices to a Premium
European oil prices in a year's time have risen to a premium over immediate prices for the first time since 2012, as turmoil in Iraq and Libya and tensions between Russia and the West elevate supply risks in the months ahead.
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Niger extradites Gaddafi's son Al Saadi Gaddafi to Libya
Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi, his special forces commander who fled abroad during Libya's 2011 revolution, was imprisoned in Tripoli on Thursday after Niger agreed to send him back from house arrest there.
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In Libya, deadly fury took U.S. envoys by surprise
Diplomats had long been on their guard in Benghazi, a city that was the cradle of Libya's Western-backed revolution but also home to Islamists who have attacked foreign envoys.
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Maldives crises: The Dregs of Dictatorship
The following opinion piece was authored by the recently ousted president of Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed. The Dregs of Dictatorship: Dictatorships don't always die when the dictator leaves office. The wave of revolutions that toppled autocrats in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen last year was certainly cause for hope. But the people of those countri...
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Photo album from Gaddafi's compound reveals his 'diplo-crush' on Condoleezza Rice
When you're the single, attractive secretary of state for the United States, you're bound to pick up groupies in all corners of the international diplomatic scene. But for Condoleezza Rice, who has been linked with diplomats from Rome (the Italian foreign minister, Massimo D'Alema) to London (Foreign Minister Jack Straw of Britain) to Pictou, Nova...
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BBC: Crew subjected to mock execution in Libya
Three British Broadcasting Corporation staff were detained, beaten and subjected to mock executions by pro-regime soldiers in Libya while attempting to reach the western city of Zawiya, the broadcaster said on Wednesday.The news organisation said the crew, members of a BBC Arabic team, was detained on Monday by Moammar Gaddafi loyalists at a check ...
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Libyan Court Gives Death Sentence to Gaddafi Son Saif al-Islam
A Libyan court passed a death sentence in absentia on Muammar Gaddafi's most prominent son Saif al-Islam today for suppressing peaceful protests during the country's 2011 revolution that ended his father's rule.
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A Front-Row Seat as Libya's Hopes Faded
Late last year I was sitting in Tripoli's foreign ministry when a guard drew a gun on a colleague next to me and then kicked him down a stairwell. His mistake? He had complained about a news conference being delayed.
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Libya Court to Rule on Muammar Gaddafi's Son Saif, Former Officials on July 28
A Libyan court will rule on July 28 on a son of Muammar Gaddafi and 36 other former regime officials accused of war crimes and suppressing peaceful protests during the 2011 revolution, a state prosecutor said on Monday.
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Tunisia Prime Minister Sees Main Threat From Libya
The greatest threat that Tunisia faces is coming from neighboring Libya, where militias are fighting each other, Tunisia's outgoing Prime Minister said Friday.
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Rising Oil Risks Push 2015 Prices to a Premium
European oil prices in a year's time have risen to a premium over immediate prices for the first time since 2012, as turmoil in Iraq and Libya and tensions between Russia and the West elevate supply risks in the months ahead.
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Niger extradites Gaddafi's son Al Saadi Gaddafi to Libya
Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi, his special forces commander who fled abroad during Libya's 2011 revolution, was imprisoned in Tripoli on Thursday after Niger agreed to send him back from house arrest there.
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In Libya, deadly fury took U.S. envoys by surprise
Diplomats had long been on their guard in Benghazi, a city that was the cradle of Libya's Western-backed revolution but also home to Islamists who have attacked foreign envoys.
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Maldives crises: The Dregs of Dictatorship
The following opinion piece was authored by the recently ousted president of Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed. The Dregs of Dictatorship: Dictatorships don't always die when the dictator leaves office. The wave of revolutions that toppled autocrats in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen last year was certainly cause for hope. But the people of those countri...
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Photo album from Gaddafi's compound reveals his 'diplo-crush' on Condoleezza Rice
When you're the single, attractive secretary of state for the United States, you're bound to pick up groupies in all corners of the international diplomatic scene. But for Condoleezza Rice, who has been linked with diplomats from Rome (the Italian foreign minister, Massimo D'Alema) to London (Foreign Minister Jack Straw of Britain) to Pictou, Nova...
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BBC: Crew subjected to mock execution in Libya
Three British Broadcasting Corporation staff were detained, beaten and subjected to mock executions by pro-regime soldiers in Libya while attempting to reach the western city of Zawiya, the broadcaster said on Wednesday.The news organisation said the crew, members of a BBC Arabic team, was detained on Monday by Moammar Gaddafi loyalists at a check ...
