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Libya gets 3 patrol boats from Italy
afrol News, 15 May - Italy has given the Libyan government three patrol boats on Thursday as part of the joint agreement to root out the high illegal influx of migrants to the Italian shores. Libya and Italy signed an agreement to maintain joint naval patrols in the Mediterranean to crack down on illegal immigration of Africans crossing to Europe daily. Read more
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Italy highly criticised for returning asylum seekers
afrol News, 7 May - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has today voiced concern after Italy sent some 230 people it rescued yesterday off the waters of Malta back to Libya before a proper assessment of their possible protection needs were carried out. Read more
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Libyan appeals Lockerbie bombing conviction
afrol News, 28 April - A Libyan man, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was convicted for the bombing of the 1988 Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, has begun an appeal of his conviction today in a Scottish court. Mr Megrahi was jailed in 2001 for his role in the bombing of a plane that killed 270 people in December 1988. Read more
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Libya files law suit, demands compensation over arrest
afrol News, 9 April - The Libyan government has filed a civil lawsuit against the Geneva authorities in a Geneva court on Wednesday claiming damages for the mishandle of Hannibal Gaddafi and his wife in July 2008. The Gaddafis are demanding 50,000 Swiss francs ($44,000) in compensation. Read more
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US visa office reopened in Tripoli
afrol News, 3 April - The US government has revived the visa section office in Libya yesterday, an indication that it has buried hatchets and ready to improve the diplomatic relations with Tripoli. Read more
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Libya search called off
afrol News, 2 April - The search for the survivors of the migrant boat that sank off Libya on Monday has been called off after three days of searching, an official has said. More than 230 people are presumed dead from the accident. Read more
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Libya says more than 230 could be dead
afrol News, 1 April - The mass sinking of emigrants recorded on Monday off the coast of Libya in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea has resulted to more than 230 people missing, the International Organisation for Migrations (IOM) has confirmed. The migrants were reportedly heading to the Italian island of Lampedusa. Read more
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Swiss government rejects compensation demands by Libya
afrol News, 24 March - The Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey has said the country’s authorities will not apologise or compensate to the Libyan government over the arrest of the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi saying that police were not at fault when Hannibal Gaddafi and his wife were arrested. Read more
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Libya to lodge formal complaint against Swiss authorities
afrol News, 9 March - Libyan authorities will lodge a formal complain against Swiss government over the arrest of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son last July, local media has reported. Hannibal Gaddafi and his wife were arrested and freed on bail in July following an assault claim by two maids at a five star hotel in Geneva. Read more
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Gaddafi new head of AU
afrol News, 2 February - African Union has elected Libya's President Muammar Gaddafi as the new chairperson at a summit in Ethiopia today. Mr Gaddafi was handed the chairman's gavel by outgoing AU leader Jakaya Kikwete, the Tanzanian president. Read more
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» 18.12.2008 - Africa commits to water development to fight hunger
» 15.12.2008 - Africa summit discuss massive hydro scheme for food and energy security
» 26.11.2008 - Libya extends humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip
» 18.11.2008 - UK and Libya sign double taxation convention
» 14.11.2008 - Improved situation for migrants stranded in Libya
» 10.11.2008 - US hands over Libya funds to Lockerbie victims
» 30.10.2008 - Gaddafi expected in Russia
» 09.10.2008 - Libya starts paying terror victims
» 01.10.2008 - Russian warships stop off in Libya
» 25.09.2008 - Egypt hostages whisked to Libya
» 02.09.2008 - Assault charges against Gaddafi's son dropped
» 01.09.2008 - Libyans to get oil cash directly - Gaddafi
» 22.08.2008 - Qaddafi's son unveils free trade accord with Europe
» 21.08.2008 - Qaddafi's son quits politics
» 14.08.2008 - Libya and US sign compensation deal
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