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Militant deal opens door for new Libya...all over the country." Video: Into the prison in Tripoli While security operations had degraded the group's operations inside Libya significantly by the end of the 1990s, in recent years Libyan authorities have become increasingly... In this article: Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Libya, CNN, Al Qaeda, U.S., Tripoli, Iraq, Islamic, and E mail |
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Guardian Unlimited | 6 days ago
UK journalist's remains found in Lebanon
...will now be made." Collett was one of several Britons targeted by one of the deadliest terrorist organisations of the day, the renegade Palestinian Abu Nidal group, which was backed successively by Iraq and Libya. The group claimed to...
In this article: United Nations, Lebanon, Ban Ki-moon, United Kingdom, Sunday Times, and Terry Waite
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PR Newswire: Multicultural News | November 18, 2009
Acclaimed American Journalist Awarded Excellence In Journalism by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Vivienne Walt has written for TIME Magazine since 2003. Her assignments have included Iraq, Iran, the Niger Delta, Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya, Sudan and numerous other countries. Walt was previously a staff writer for Newsday. Her...
In this article: Tropical medicine, Time Magazine, Fortune Magazine, Newsday, and Los Angeles Times Magazine
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Telegraph.co.uk - Politics | 4 days ago
Iraq inquiry: ministers told 'days before invasion' WMD had been dismantled
...2001 to 2003, said: "It wasn't top of the list. In 2001 and early 2002 I was probably devoting more of my time to Iran, Libya and (the rogue nuclear scientist) A Q Khan than I was to Iraq. "The main effort in Iraq was to get smart...
In this article: Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Al Qaeda, Tony Blair, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, and Iraq War
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Forbes.com News | November 04, 2009
America The Indispensable
...to the even loose leash of Moscow soon endangered regional peace. North Korea, Iraq, Iran, and Libya spread terrorism, embarked on nuclear arms and built longer-range missiles. They fiercely defied the much-ballyhooed global "flatness" of...
In this article: United States, Arnold Toynbee, Washington, Western Europe, Moscow, Soviet Union, Iraq, and China
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AP Online | 4 days ago
Officials say Iraq not UK's main worry before war
...in the war. William Ehrman, the Foreign Office's director of international security from 2000 to 2002, said "in terms of nuclear and missiles, I think Iran, North Korea and Libya were probably of greater concern than Iraq." The inquiry,...
In this article: Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Britain, Al-qaida, Iraq War, 2003 Invasion, Tony Blair, and Iran
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Independent.co.uk - UK | 4 days ago
Iraq 'was not top of weapons concern list'
...of Iraq." Sir William Ehrman, director of international security at the Foreign Office from 2000 to 2002, said: "In terms of nuclear and missiles, I think Iran, North Korea and Libya were probably of greater concern than Iraq." Mr Dowse...
In this article: Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Al Qaida, Iran, 2003 Invasion, Jack Straw, and Robin Cook
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Offshore | November 17, 2009
Report: ME, Africa drilling expenditures to reach $28 billion by 2014
The report offers onshore and offshore drilling expenditure and workover forecasts for Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, and Yemen - revealing particularly strong growth from offshore Iran. It...
In this article: North Africa, Middle East, Africa, Iran, Canterbury, UK, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia
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Libya (Arabic: ليبيا Lībiyā pronunciation; Libyan vernacular: Lībya pronunciation; Amazigh: ), officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ( Al-Jamāhīriyyah al-ʿArabiyyah al-Lībiyyah aš-Šaʿbiyyah al-Ištirākiyyah al-ʿUẓmā pronunciation), is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.
With an area of almost 1.8 million square kilometres (700,000 sq mi), 90% of which is desert, Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa by area, and the 17th largest in the world. The capital, Tripoli, is home to 1.7 million of Libya's 5.7 million people. The three traditional parts of the country are Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica. Libya has the second highest GDP (PPP) per capita of Africa, behind Equatorial Guinea. This is largely due to its large petroleum reserves and low population.
The flag of Libya consists of a green field with no other characteristics. It is the only national flag in the world with just one color and no design, insignia, or other details.
- Name:
- Libya
- Conventional Long Name:
- Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- Local Name:
- الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية العظمى
- Capital:
- Tripoli
- Language:
- Arabic
- Largest City:
- Tripoli
- Government type:
- Jamahiriya
- Founding Date:
- December 24, 1951
- Formations:
- From France/United Kingdom under United Nations Trusteeship
- Area:
- 679,359
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $90.251 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 55th
- GDP (nominal):
- $100.071 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 43rd
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $16,114
- Time Zone:
- EET
- Currency:
- Dinar
- Demonym:
- Libyan
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- LYD
- Country Calling Code:
- 218
- ccTLD:
- .ly
- Anthem:
- Allahu Akbar
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