Libya bars ethnic, religious and tribal parties from elections

Laaska News  Apr.26, 2012
25 April -(RT) - Libya’s NTC has banned parties based on tribal, ethnic or religious affiliation from participating in the upcoming parliamentary elections. A new Islamist party seen by many as a leading political force is eager to refute the ban.

Global companies gather in post-war Libya for revival of energy industry

Laaska News  Apr.25, 2012
TRIPOLI, April 24 (Xinhua) — Representatives from over 200 Libyan, Arabic and international energy enterprises on Tuesday continued exchanging ideas here on ways to maximize the benefits that Libya could gain from its oil and gas richness after the nation’s rebirth last year.

Libya – Gaddafi son in good health

Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam, detained in the Libyan town of Zintan, 160 kilometers west of Tripoli, is in good health, said Libya’s prime minister upon meeting with war crimes prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday.

Libya freezes rewards for ex-rebels over mass fraud

Libya’s National Transitional Council has suspended a multi-million-dollar payout program to former anti-Gaddafi rebels after admitting it was steeped in fraud. Officials cited duplicate payouts, and claims from impostors and even the dead.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi ‘determined to defend himself – like Milosevic’ – RT

Laaska News Apr. 12, 2012

Saif al-Islam is seen after his capture, in the custody of revolutionary fighters in Obari, Libya November 19, 2011 (Reuters/Ammar El-Darwish).

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the second son of the late Libyan leader, told his lawyer he was prepared to defend himself in court, just like former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. But it’s still unclear which court will try Gaddafi Jr.

Malta unfreezes Libyan assets

Malta has unfrozen some 300 million euros in bank deposits owned by Libyan companies. Nearly 90 million euros that were deposited by the Gaddafi clan remain under freeze.

Gaddafi son’s atrocity: Failing to license camels? – RT

The most serious charge against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi that Libya managed to back with evidence is over his failure to obtain a license for his camels, the head of Human Rights Watch says.

Beyond ICC jurisdiction? Saif al-Islam stuck in Libya, ‘assaulted’ in detention

By: RT

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (C). AFP PHOTO /FEBRUARY 17   

Muammar Gaddafi’s most prominent son will not be heading to the ICC any time soon because Libya, which never ratified the ICC treaty, wants to try Saif al-Islam on home soil.

Libya to hold its own trial over Gaddafi son

Saif Gaddafi. Photo: EPA  

Libya has said it will hold its own trial over Muammar Gaddafi`s son Seif al-Islam, thus rejecting a request to hand him over to face justice in The Hague Tribunal.

Renewed clashes between Libyan militias, 26 dead

At least 26 people have been killed as violence flares up once again in the western Libyan town of Zwara.
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­This comes after tensions sparked over the weekend between the Arab-majority town of Ragdalein and the Berber-dominated town of Zwara, about 110 kilometers west of the capital Tripoli.

Gaddafi’s cousin released from prison for health reasons

Libya’s National Transitional Council has released from prison Muammar Gaddafi’s cousin, Seyid Gaddaf ad-Dam, for health reasons, according to the Arab mass media.

Moscow urges end to turmoil in Libya

Garibov Konstantin

Moscow has urged an end to the violence in Libya and settlement of differences through a dialogue. Russia’s Foreign Ministry issued such a statement following the severe military clashes between two tribes near

147 dead in Libyan violence

by VOR.

At least 147 people were killed and 395 injured in the last five days of clashes between tribes in the south of Libya.

Libya’s ‘non state’: Tribal war claims 50 lives

50 have been killed and dozens injured in Libya as tribal groups are fighting in the country’s south. After the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya is left in a condition which some residents call a ‘non state’.

50 dead in fresh Libyan violence

The number of victims of tribal clashes in the south of Libya has reached 50 people. The epicenter of the clashes is the fourth largest city in the country Sabha.

The ongoing armed clashes there between the Awlad-Suleiman and Toubou Tribes erupted on Monday night after a member of the tribes was killed.

Too many powers wanted Gaddafi dead – NTC head

by RT

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was wanted dead so his secrets would die with him. So insists Mahmoud Jibril, the man who led the NTC uprising to overthrow Colonel Gaddafi’s regime, in an exclusive interview with RT.

My turn! Libya, France, ICC battle over Gaddafi spy chief – RT

Laaska News Mar. 19, 2012

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Libya is sending a delegation to Mauritania for the extradition of Abdallah al-Senussi, intelligence chief to Muammar Gaddafi. France has filed a competing extradition request, while the ICC is also seeking to bring him to trial.
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­“Libya’s Foreign Service is in touch with its Mauritanian colleagues. We are planning to send a delegation to Nouakchott,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Saad Elshlmani said on Sunday.

Militia and Gaddafi loyalists clash outside Tripoli

Laaska News  Mar. 19, 2012

 

Still frame from a video uploaded to Twitter by user Libynprincess featuring clashes in Abu Salim on March 18, 2012 –   RT

At least one person was killed outside Tripoli in a fight between a powerful militia group from Zintan and local residents loyal to slain leader Muammar Gaddafi, reports the Associated Press.

Libya at odds with France over Gaddafi’s spy chief

Libya and France are both demanding the extradition of the former head of Gaddafi’s intelligence agency from Mauritania, where Abdullah al-Senussi was arrested in the small hours of Saturday when he arrived from Morocco with a fake Malian passport.

Libya’s chief spy arrested

Former head of the Libyan intelligence agency Abdullah al-Senussi was detained at the international airport of Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, in the small hours of Saturday, the AFP news agency has reported quoting local security sources.