Libya

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Egypt, Libya slammed by rights group

AFP Global Edition 16 days ago

Egypt must revoke its "draconian emergency law" and Libya should free unjustly detained prisoners, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday. "Both Egypt?s and Libya?s human rights records will come under intense scrutiny by the UN Human Rights Council in 2010," said Sarah ...

Libyan court delays verdict on Swiss businessman

AFP Global Edition 16 days ago

A Libyan appeals court on Sunday postponed its verdict in the case of Swiss businessman Rashid Hamdani who had been sentenced to 16 months in jail for overstaying his visa, his lawyer said. The court postponed until January 31 its verdict against ...

Libya Not Wanted

AP News 17 days ago

FILE - This Aug. 24, 2009 file photo shows the Englewood, N.J. mansion where Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi sought to stay during his first U.S. visit. A rabbi who lives next door, wants to buy the site and turn it into a ...

Rabbi wants to buy Libyan estate in NJ

AP News 17 days ago

Rabbi wants to buy Libyan-owned mansion in Bergen County, NJ, create Jewish learning center A rabbi who lives next door to the New Jersey mansion where Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi sought to stay during his first U.S. visit wants to buy the ...

Libya tightens visa rules for Europeans in Hannibal fallout

AFP Global Edition 19 days ago

Libya plans to tighten its visa rules for citizens of some European countries in retaliation for its own citizens being denied European visas, a senior official said on Thursday. The move -- which he said would come into force "in a few ...

Libya postpones trial of Swiss businessman

Reuters US Online Report World News 24 days ago

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A Libyan court on Saturday postponed until January 30 the trial of Max Goeldi, one of two Swiss businessmen whose prosecution is at the center of a diplomatic row between Libya and Switzerland, their lawyer said. The case of ...

Libya's anti-Qaeda drive must target youth: ex-rebel

Reuters US Online Report World News 26 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Jailed Libyan Islamist guerrillas who reject indiscriminate violence should be freed to promote their views in person to dangerous young "grassroots jihadists", a former associate of Osama bin Laden has said. Worries about radicalization over the Internet have grown ...

Apache makes 6th oil find in Egypt desert

AP News 28 days ago

Apache makes 6th oil discovery in Egypt's western desert Apache Corp. said Tuesday it made its sixth oil and gas discovery in the Faghur Basin play in Egypt's far Western Desert near the Libyan border. The oil and gas company's latest oil ...

Scottish leader raps Lockerbie deal bid

AFP European Edition 28 days ago

Scottish leader Alex Salmond attacked the government on Tuesday for having tried to include the Lockerbie bomber in a prisoner-transfer deal with Libya. Salmond -- whose administration drew fierce US criticism for releasing Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi on humanitarian grounds last year ...

New delay for Libya trial of Swiss businessman

AFP Global Edition 30 days ago

The appeal trial of Swiss businessman Rashid Hamdani, sentenced to 16 months in jail for overstaying his Libyan visa, was adjourned on Sunday for two weeks, his lawyer said. "The trial has been postponed until January 24," Salah Zahaf told AFP, without ...

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