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NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has ruled out implementing a no-fly zone across parts or all of Libya. Speaking at a Brussels press conference, he told reporters a U.N. resolution would be needed to make a no-fly zone a legal course of action. Howev
Italy agreed to pay Libya $5 billion as compensation for its 30-year occupation of the country during the 20th century. The money will be invested by Italy over a 25-year period. For VOA, Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome. Italian Prime Minister
Role of Islam in New Libya Uncertain Libyan rebels are still hunting for Moammar Gadhafi, but many of their countrymen are taking time marking the end of the first holy month of Ramadan without their longtime secular leader. Islam in Libya is undergo
'Libya Can be Important Partner in Fight Against Terrorism', says Blair Kerry Sheridan British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Libya can be an important partner in the fight against international terro
The State Department said Thursday Libya has made a substantial initial payment into a U.S.-administered fund to settle remaining claims from Libyan-inspired acts of terrorism. The settlement plan would clear the way to fully-normalized U.S.-Libyan
The State Department confirms that the United States and Libya are close to finishing a comprehensive deal to settle outstanding claims from Libyan-backed acts of terrorism in the 1980s. The U.S. Senate Thursday approved a key component of the deal.
By Anita Elash Paris 23 July 2007 The wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy is in Libya Monday for a second time to negotiate the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to life in prison for allegedly contaminating chi
U.S. ambassador killed in Libya's Benghazi TRIPOLI, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens is confirmed to have died in Tuesday's conflict in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, the pan-Arab Al Jazeera TV reported Wednesday.
It's now being recommended that Chinese companies which had been operating in Libya begin negotiations with the new Transitional government to recoup the roughly 20-billion US dollars lost because of the civi war. CRI's Su Yi has more. In Libya, 75 C
By David Gollust President Bush Monday lifted sanctions barring most U.S. trade with Libya. The move clears the way for compensation payments to families of victims of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am fligh
The United States and Libya Thursday signed an agreement in Tripoli, designed to settle all remaining U.S. compensation claims from Libyan-sponsored acts of terrorism in the 1980s. Lingering claims disputes have been blocking the full normalization
By Gary Thomas Washington 27 February 2008 In 2003, the United States held up Libya as an example of a rehabilitated rogue state after Tripoli renounced terrorism and scrapped its weapons of mass destruction programs. But attempts to forge closer bon
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 03 January 2008 Five countries have joined the U.N. Security Council as non-permanent members for two-year terms. Among them is Libya, which has also assumed the Security Council's rotating presidency for the month
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 14 December 2007 The son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has discussed unifying the two main Muslim rebel groups in the Philippines to help achieve a comprehensive peace between the rebels and Manila. The development came
By Anita Elash Paris 03 August 2007 France and Libya have agreed to their first arms deal since the European Union lifted an arms embargo on Libya in 2004. The deal comes after the release last week of six medical workers who Libya accused of intenti
Turkey's foreign minister has urged the United Nations to unfreeze Libyan assets to help the North African country move forward following the uprising against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Ahmet Davutoglu made the call Thursday in Istanbul, where di
Foreign ministers of the European Union have gathered in Brussels for a Foreign Affairs Council meeting. Monday's talks focused on security situations in various regions, with particular emphasis on Ukraine and Libya. The situation in Ukraine topped
An expert at the International Energy Agency says it may be many months before Libya's damaged oil industry can resume full production. The head of IEA's Oil Industry and Markets Division, David Fyfe, said Thursday there are many logistical, operatio
DUBAI, June 9 (Xinhua) -- The Unites Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted the third meeting of the Libya Contact Group on Thursday, with some 20 foreign ministers and representatives of regional and international organizations attending, the state news agency
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama still opposes sending U.S. ground troops to Libya, Deputy White House Spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday. Earnest said the president's position on the matter has not changed. He made the sta