Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
“We had rain today. It rained for about five minutes. Just long enough to churn up the sewer system. Now all of Tripoli smells like sewer gas,” writes Khadija Teri, from Libya.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tripoli, Libya - Libya's national football team Thursday in Tripoli beat its Niger counterpart 6-2, in a friendly match aimed at preparing the teams for the fifth round of the joint qualifiers for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the World Cup.
Armies of Liberation (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Yemeni Libyan relations normalizing with the end of the Sa’ada War Interesting the way the agreement was signed by the political parties, not the governments themselves TRIPOLI, August 10 (SPA) - Yemen and Libya have signed an agreement under which Libya will set up a 400 megawatt electricity station in Yemen. The agreement was signed by [...]
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Tripoli, Libya - No fewer than 3,079 prisoners have been granted amnesty to mark the 39th anniversary of the 1 September revolution in Libya, the justice ministry said. In a press statement issued here Wednesday, the ministry said the prisoners were made up of 2,017 Libyans, 1,062 other nationals, including Africans, Arab, and Europeans.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Accra, Ghana - Ghana's Serbian Coach, Milovan Rajevic, has announced a 20-man squad for the World Cup Africa Zone qualifier against Libya in Tripoli 5 September. The coach, who is gearing up for his first competitive assignment, has called up Junior Agogo of Egyptian giants, Zamalek, who was sidelined in the last friendly against Tanzania due to injury.
Woolly Days (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Lebanon has formally indicted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafy over the disappearance of a prominent Shia cleric 30 years ago. Sheik Musa Sadr disappeared after he visited Libya in 1978 though Tripoli claims he left the country on a plane bound for Rome (a claim denied by Italian authorities). Lebanon has charged Gaddafy and six other Libyan officials with conspiring to kidnap and false imprisonment which...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
TRIPOLI, Libya - Two Sudanese men with handguns who hijacked a plane with 95 passengers and crew to a remote airfield in Libya, demanding to go to France, surrendered yesterday and pleaded for asylum in Libya.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The hijackers of a Sudanese airliner surrendered to authorities in Libya on Wednesday after releasing all the passengers and crew, Libya's aviation authority said.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Libyan leader Muammar Al Gaddafi have concluded two days of talks in Tripoli, aimed at fostering bilateral relations between the two countries and enhancing African collaboration and solidarity. In a closed door meeting Tuesday, the two leaders discussed, among other issues, mutual interests between Libya and Liberia, covering the economy, infrastructure...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
TRIPOLI, Libya | Two Sudanese men, armed with handguns and the threat of explosives, stormed the cockpit of the Boeing 737, taking control just minutes into the flight.
Get Mash (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
TRIPOLI, Libya — Two Sudanese men, armed with handguns and the threat of explosives, stormed the cockpit of the Boeing 737, taking control just minutes into the flight. Passengers said the hijackers remained calm but they still spent a night in fear. Read the full story
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Tripoli, Aug 28 (DPA) Two men who hijacked a Sudanese plane in Darfur and forced it to fly to Libya have surrendered to the authorities there, Libyan state television reported Wednesday.The two hijackers earlier released all 87 passengers but kept six of the crew hostage, according to the television. The hijackers, members of a splinter [...]
Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Tripoli, Aug 27 (DPA) The hijackers of a Sudanese plane Wednesday have begun releasing all the passengers of the plane at Libya's Al-Qafra airport, Libyan civil aviation officials said.
worldwide-news.net (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The hijackers of a Sudanese plane that was forced to land in Libya freed all the passengers on Wednesday but still held six crew members, Libya’s aviation authority said. Go to news source
Get Mash (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya’s official news agency is reporting that hijackers of a plane that departed from Sudan’s Darfur region are refusing to negotiate after landing at a remote desert airfield in southern Libya. Read the full story
