| 5,641,910 |
30.9522 |
20.12022 |
Libya |
|
A weeks-long blockade by guards at key Libyan oil terminals has sent production plunging to under 100,000 barrels per day in a major blow to the economy, an official said Monday. |
| 5,641,914 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
A group of unidentified gunmen assaulted the Egyptian consul in Tripoli and stole his car. The armed men forced the diplomat out of the car at gunpoint, took the car and fled, |
| 5,641,918 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
The daughter of military intelligence chief under al-Gaddafi was abducted by unknown assailants outside Al-Baraka prison, formerly known as al-Ruwaimi prison, as the judicial police escorted her to Tripoli International Airport. Later reports suggest she was taken by special security forces for her own protection. |
| 5,641,921 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
On September 4th, dozens of protesters had also demanded the fall of the government in Tripoli's Martyrs' Square in riposte to the water blockade. |
| 5,641,926 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
Two weeks ago, on 4 September, Al-Wataniya TV chief Tareq Al-Houni and two of his journalists were insulted and hit by members of a local militia who were supposed to be providing security at the TV station's headquarters in Tripoli during a visit by parliamentarian Mohamed Younes Al-Toumi. The militiamen insulted and attacked Toumi before turning on the three journalists. |
| 5,641,929 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
Demonstrations raged Friday in Tripoli, where about 200 stormed Algeria Square, demanding the ouster of Zidan for failing to manage the country. They also protested power and water cuts according to Libya Her-ald. |
| 5,641,933 |
27.03766 |
14.42832 |
Libya |
|
Two people have been killed and two others injured in an armed clash in the Al-Minshiyah area in Sabah. Libyan forces had seized a car loaded with spirits, drugs and smuggled fuel in the Al-Minshiyah area, and two other cars subsequently opened fire and clashed with the forces. |
| 5,641,937 |
32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
|
An officer in charge of airport security in the eastern city of Benghazi has survived an apparent assassination attempt using a bomb placed in his car. The security official says Captain Salem Shabaan, one of several officers in charge of a group of special forces at the airport, was wounded in the Sunday blast. |
| 5,641,940 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
A disgruntled officer in uniform opened fire at the front gates of the Libyan prime minister's office in the heart of Tripoli. No one was injured. |
| 5,641,944 |
32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
|
A blast killed a police colonel in Benghazi on Tuesday. Colonel Salem al-Orfi was killed when his car exploded in the Assalam neighbourhood. One person who was driving was seriously injured. |
