Moammar Gadhafi
France's Sarkozy charged in probe of illegal party funding
Mar 22, 2013 02:38 EDT
Former president Nicolas Sarkozy has been charged with taking financial advantage of France's richest woman, as part of a probe into illegal party funding that could shatter his hopes of a political comeback.
France's Sarkozy charged in probe of illegal party funding
Mar 21, 2013 23:05 EDT
Former president Nicolas Sarkozy has been charged with taking financial advantage of France's richest woman, allegations connected with a probe into illegal party funding that could shatter his hopes of a political comeback.
France's Sarkozy charged with taking advantage of heiress
Mar 21, 2013 21:23 EDT
Nicolas Sarkozy's hopes of a political comeback lay in tatters Friday after the former French president was charged in connection with a criminal probe into illegal party financing.
Sarkozy comeback dream in tatters after corruption charge
Mar 21, 2013 19:32 EDT
Nicolas Sarkozy's hopes of a political comeback lay in tatters Friday after the former French president was charged in connection with a criminal probe into illegal party financing.
Sarkozy charged with taking advantage of elderly heiress
Mar 21, 2013 17:58 EDT
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was on Thursday charged with taking advantage of the elderly L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, his lawyer told AFP, adding that he would immediately appeal.
What the butler saw crucial as Sarkozy back before judge
Mar 21, 2013 14:11 EDT
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was unexpectedly hauled back before a judge Thursday over claims he accepted envelopes stuffed with cash from France's richest woman to illegally finance his 2007 election campaign.
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.
Malian female army leader is 'no GI Jane'
Mar 15, 2013 10:12 EDT
Dressed in sunglasses and a beige headscarf during a tour of the war-torn northern city of Gao, the Malian army's "iron fist" would not welcome the inevitable comparisons with GI Jane.
UN raises new concerns about Libya arms, secret detainees
Mar 14, 2013 16:29 EDT
The UN Security Council raised new concerns Thursday about arms flowing from Libya into neighboring countries and about thousands of detainees held in secret by militias.
Europe's largest cruise ship makes first voyage
Mar 14, 2013 14:59 EDT
Europe's largest cruise ship the MSC Preziosa -- a behemoth longer than the Eiffel Tower -- cast off on its first voyage Thursday, from Saint-Nazaire in western France to the southern port of Marseille.
Blatter slams Euro 2020 format over 13 countries
Mar 14, 2013 08:43 EDT
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has criticised the proposed format set to be used at Euro 2020 and says the scattering of the tournament over 13 countries will not make it a true European championship, the 77-year-old Swiss told German magazine Kicker on Thursday.
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.
Egypt Copt 'tortured to death' in Libya: lawyer
Mar 11, 2013 16:31 EDT
An Egyptian Christian jailed in Libya has been tortured to death in custody, an Egyptian human rights lawyer told AFP in Cairo on Monday, with demonstrators attacking the Libyan embassy in protest.
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.
Egypt Copt 'tortured to death' in Libya
Mar 11, 2013 11:40 EDT
An Egyptian Christian jailed in Libya has been tortured to death in custody, an Egyptian human rights lawyer told AFP in Cairo on Monday.
Syria crushed by war two years into revolt
Mar 10, 2013 19:47 EDT
As the Arab Spring blossomed two years ago, a heady breeze brought hopes of democracy, human rights and a better life to countries across the Middle East and North Africa, including Syria.
Syria rebels to soldier on 'until Assad gone'
Mar 10, 2013 15:03 EDT
On top of a building in Syria's war-devastated eastern city of Deir Ezzor, rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad have hanged a toy stuffed lion by the neck.
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| Muammar Gaddafi | |
 Gaddafi at the 12th African Union summit in Addis Ababa. (2009) | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2 March 1979 | |
| President | |
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| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
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| In office 2 March 1977 – 2 March 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Abdul Ati al-Obeidi |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Ati al-Obeidi |
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| In office 16 January 1970 – 16 July 1972 | |
| Preceded by | Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi |
| Succeeded by | Abdessalam Jalloud |
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| In office 1 September 1969 – 2 March 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi Abdessalam Jalloud Abdul Ati al-Obeidi |
| Preceded by | Idris* |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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| In office 2 February 2009 – 31 January 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Jakaya Kikwete |
| Succeeded by | Bingu wa Mutharika |
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| Born | 7 June 1942 Sirt, Italian Libya |
| Spouse(s) | Fatiha al-Nuri (Divorced) Safia Farkash (1970–present) |
| Children | |
| Alma mater | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Hellenic Military Academy |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
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| *As King of Libya | |
