| 5,641,031 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
A top aide to Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, Mohammed Ali al-Gattus, abducted last month has been released, a source close to the cabinet said on Tuesday, the same day parliament adopted a law setting penalties for kidnapping. |
| 5,641,036 |
27.03766 |
14.42832 |
Libya |
|
The Libyan army has fended off an attack by an armed group on military and police centres and checkpoints in Sebha, southwest Libya, Al-Jazeera reported on 12 April.Al-Jazeera quoted Libyan military spokesman, Ali al-Shaykhi, as saying the army arrested 11 of the assailants. |
| 5,641,041 |
32.76704 |
22.63669 |
Libya |
|
A security official claimed that the commander of disbanded Islamic extremist militia, Ansar al-Shariah, was shot. Members denied claims, they say another member was shot. That's in line with reports by local media in Derna, where the attack took place late Sunday. A security source speculated to AFP that a tribe that had accused the militia chief of killing one of its members last week was behind the ambush. |
| 5,641,044 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
A Libyan journalist held in prison for four months charged with insulting the judiciary has been hospitalised after going on hunger strike, his lawyer said on Monday.Amara Abdullah al-Khitabi, 67, editor of the private newspaper Al-Umma, "has been on hunger strike for three weeks," his lawyer Ramadhan Salem told AFP, and said his client was suffering from serious health problems. |
| 5,641,048 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
A militia allegedly attacked the headquarters of the anti-crime police, stole a number of cars and kidnapped three policemen on Thursday. |
| 5,641,052 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
On Thursday, an armed group in Libya attacked a police vehicle which was transferring prisoners, causing one dead and several seriously wounded. Using three cars, the armed group attacked the police vehicle and another patrol car, and then kidnapped a prisoner, the minister said. |
| 5,641,056 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
A Libyan passenger plane was shot by unidentified gunmen during landing at the capital Tripoli's airport, local media said on Thursday, reporting no casualties. Buraq Air canceled its flights to and from Tripoli scheduled on Wednesday night out of concerns about the problematic security at the airport. |
| 5,641,060 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
A raid by Libya's interior ministry on a drug trafficking site in Tripoli left one killed and another injured on Saturday.Both were members of the interior ministry's anti-crime body, and the injured were taken to an emergency hospital in the capital, the source said, requesting anonymity. The incident took place early on Saturday in the center part of Tripoli, where some alleged outlaws clashed with the security members. |
| 5,641,065 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
Two representatives of Libya's southern tribes, the Toubou and the Sons of Sulaiman tribes, signed a reconciliation document in the capital Tripoli on Saturday. Some participants at the reconciliation conference were not satisfied with the parties that signed the document, while Misurata representatives left the conference hall for they were not mentioned in the reconciliation deal. |
| 5,641,070 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
Journalists were attacked by parliamentary security personnel while covering a conference on "Reconciliation in Southern Libya". They were accosted by around 20 security officers in civilian dress, who insulted them and threatened them with guns and knives. |
