Tripoli
Gunfire kills two in Lebanon's Tripoli
Mar 21, 2013 18:45 EDT
Two people were killed and 18 more wounded in renewed violence in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Thursday, a security source told AFP.
Gunfire kills one in Lebanon's Tripoli
Mar 21, 2013 17:00 EDT
One man was killed and five others wounded in two separate exchanges of fire in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Thursday, a security source said.
Wanted cousin of Libya's Kadhafi arrested in Cairo
Mar 19, 2013 16:19 EDT
Egyptian police arrested on Tuesday Moamer Kadhafi's cousin Ahmed Qaddaf al-Dam, wanted by Tripoli for his role in the regime of the slain Libyan strongman, Egyptian officials said.
Libyan embassy in Cairo suspends work after demo
Mar 16, 2013 14:11 EDT
Tripoli's embassy in Cairo said Saturday it was suspending work indefinitely, five days after demonstrators attacked the mission and burned the Libyan flag to protest the death of an Egyptian Copt in Libya.
Libya to invite bids for oil concessions in 2013
Mar 13, 2013 12:50 EDT
Libya plans to invite bids from foreign firms for oil concessions by the end of 2013, Oil Minister Abdelbari al-Arussi told AFP on Wednesday, adding that Tripoli wants to increase its OPEC output quota.
Homemade alcohol kills 60 in Libya: ministry
Mar 12, 2013 13:36 EDT
Sixty people have died in Libya from drinking homemade alcohol and hundreds more been poisoned, the government said on Monday as authorities in the Muslim state vowed a crackdown on booze trafficking.
Homemade alcohol kills 51 in Libya: health ministry
Mar 11, 2013 15:44 EDT
More than 50 people have died in Libya since Saturday after drinking cheap homemade alcohol and hundreds were poisoned, the health ministry said on Monday, as the authorities in the Muslim country vowed a crackdown on booze trafficking.
Homemade alcohol kills 38 in Libya
Mar 11, 2013 11:51 EDT
Thirty-eight people have died in Tripoli since Saturday after drinking homemade alcohol, with another 378 suffering from alcohol poisoning, the Libyan health ministry said on Monday.
Homemade alcohol kills 38 in Libya: health ministry
Mar 11, 2013 11:22 EDT
Thirty-eight people have died in Tripoli since Saturday after drinking homemade alcohol, with another 378 suffering from alcohol poisoning, the Libyan health ministry said on Monday.
Libyan gas deliveries to Italy resume
Mar 10, 2013 11:15 EDT
Supplies of Libyan natural gas to Italy via the Greenstream pipeline have resumed after a week-long interruption caused by clashes between former rebels, the Mellitah Oil and Gas company said on Sunday.
One millionth Syria refugee despairs, thinks of home
Mar 08, 2013 15:21 EST
Bushra, whose house was destroyed and who had to sell her jewellery to flee war-ravaged Syria to neighbouring Lebanon, has become, much to her chagrin, the one millionth UN refugee.
Gunmen storm private Libyan TV, seize staff
Mar 07, 2013 13:39 EST
Gunmen stormed the headquarters of a private Libyan television station on Thursday and took away the channel's owner and four journalists, parliament's human rights commission said in a statement.
Libya leader's car shot at as political tension soars
Mar 06, 2013 11:31 EST
The car of Libya's interim leader was shot up as he left a chaotic session of the national assembly, without causing harm, officials said Wednesday, as post-revolutionary tensions soared in the country.
Tortured Libyan offers to drop UK legal action for £3
Mar 04, 2013 03:33 EST
A Libyan man who claims Britain was complicit in his torture by Moamer Kadhafi's regime will drop legal action against the government for £3 ($4.5, 3.5 euros) and an apology, his supporters have said.
Tortured Libyan offers to drop UK legal action for £3
Mar 03, 2013 19:32 EST
A Libyan man who claims Britain was complicit in his torture by Moamer Kadhafi's regime will drop legal action against the government for £3 ($4.5, 3.5 euros) and an apology, his supporters said Sunday.
Police 'hurt' by protesters occupying Libya assembly
Mar 03, 2013 13:25 EST
Four members of the security forces were hurt on Sunday during a failed bid to evacuate ex-rebels occupying Libya's national assembly demanding aid for injuries sustained during the revolution, the government said.
British, US Lockerbie bombing detectives visit Libya
Mar 01, 2013 15:42 EST
British and US detectives investigating the 1988 bombing of a passenger jet over the Scottish town of Lockerbie have met with officials in Libya, Scotland's chief legal officer said on Friday.
Kadhafi premier in 'decent' condition in jail: UN
Feb 28, 2013 18:09 EST
UN representatives on Thursday visited Moamer Kadhafi's last premier in a Libyan jail and discounted reports that the former senior official had been tortured.
Libya PM denies jailed ex-premier tortured
Feb 28, 2013 10:40 EST
Libya's prime minister denied on Thursday reports that Moamer Kadhafi's imprisoned last premier is in a critical condition after being tortured in jail, saying Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmudi is in "good health."
Arab rappers take revolts to next level
Feb 27, 2013 23:29 EST
Sitting on the fringes of upheaval in the Middle East, Lebanon's capital Beirut has become the scene of experimental music-making by Khat Thaleth, a group of rappers out to take the revolts that started during the Arab Spring to the next level.
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| Country | Libya | ||
| Sha'biyah | Tripoli Sha'biyah | ||
| Government | |||
| - Head of the People's Committee | Abdullatif Abdulrahman Aldaali | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 400 km2 (154.4 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 81 m (266 ft) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| - Total | 1,682,000 | ||
| - Density | 4,205/km2 (10,890.9/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+2) | ||
