Libya
Libya Report - BBC: LINK ¤ B B C
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- "in 2011 - Muammar Gaddafi - was ousted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Gaddafi - was toppled - by Libyan rebels - who stormed - his last holdout !"
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- "which makes - a new beginning - for Libya - possible !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the group - the National Transitional Council - NTC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "declared the country - to be officially - liberated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Libya - should become a - pluralist - democratic state !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "with a sustainable economy - functioning institutions - and democracy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the United Nations - tried to bring the different political factions - together !"
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- "in Libya's media scene - Satellite TV - is a news source based outside !"
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- "Internet penetration is high - and there is a burgeoning - social media scene !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Khalifa Haftar - from eastern Libya - should be more thinking - for the whole Libya !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in 2017 - Islamic State militants - were ousted - from coastal town - of Sirte !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and the Islamic State group - ejected from Benghazi - and Derna - and lost !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in 2021 - Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh - took over as prime minister !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "of the UN-backed - government of national accord !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "parallel "state media" - of two administrations - began to be merged !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there should be more - democracy - in Libya !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and there should be more - social justice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the oil prices - were allowing Libya - to press for more stringent !"
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- "long-term contracts - with foreign - oil - and gas producers !"
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- "Libya - high quality oil - and low recovery costs !"
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ExxonMobil - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07TRIPOLI978
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- "ExxonMobil - had clinched a deal - with Libya's !"
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- "National Oil Corporation - by about fifty percent !"
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- "ExxonMobil - tried to win back - something !"
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- "which it lost - when it had to leave the country - in 1986 !"
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Oil - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08TRIPOLI745_________________________________________
- "the firm RWE - two oil discoveries - in the Sirte Basin !"
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- "quality crude was high - and the operating costs low - with US$ 1-5 a barrel !"
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- "the Sirte Basin - contained most of - Libya's oil reserves !"
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- "the Libyan - National Oil Corporation - NOC - had informed !"
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- "the oil companies - and had begun requiring - foreign !"
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- "and US companies - to conduct all operations - in non-dollar denominations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the US embassy had lobbied - against !"
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- "a foreign ministry's senior official - said that set back - relations !"
Interest - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08TRIPOLI901
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- "the US embassy had lobbied - for a free trade zone !"
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- "west of Tripoli - in the Zwara-Abu-Kammash area !"
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- "headed by Saadi al-Qadhafi - son of Muammar al-Qadhafi !"
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- "the US embassy had lobbied - for a US-Libya !"
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- "trade - and investment framework - agreement - TIFA !"
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Oil Companies - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07TRIPOLI967_________________________________________
- "the US embassy looked at - oil companies !"
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- "buyed back old concessions - Marathon - and ConocoPhillips !"
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- "bids - for new blocs - Chevron - and ExxonMobil !"
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- "or a combination of both - Amerada Hess - and Oxy !"
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Claims Compensation Fund - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09TRIPOLI139_________________________________________
- "the chairman of - Libya's National Oil Company !"
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- "Dr. Shukri Ghanem - said - foreign companies !"
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- "had not yet - contributed to the - international fund !"
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- "established - under the US-Libya - claims compensation agreement !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "this had led the leadership - to doubt - about the intentions !"
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- "the US ambassador - "its companies had reported - feeling pressured" !"
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- "putting pressure - on its companies - would "cross a red-line" !"
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Sarkozy's Trip to Libya - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07PARIS3193_________________________________________
- "French companies - were waiting for - to move in !"
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- "seeking out opportunities - in Libya !"
- "the French business community - was aware that with the exception !"
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- "of Total - it lagged in Libya - behind many EU partners !"
Compensation - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08TRIPOLI688
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- "the treaty of cooperation or - "compensation agreement" - was signed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in Benghazi - by Libyan al-Qadhafi - and Italian Berlusconi !"
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- "Berlusconi - expressed regret - for the past history !"
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- "Italy provided - US$ 5 billion in funding - for infrastructure projects !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "20-year period - Italian companies - mainly implemented them !"
Qadhafi - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06TRIPOLI198
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- "there had been an - inner circle - of Qadhafi !"
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- "politically-connected - access - business deals !"
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- "oil - and gas sector - telecommunications - infrastructure development !"
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- "hotels - media distribution - and consumer goods distribution !"
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Inflation - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09TRIPOLI1_________________________________________
- "in Libya - prices - consumer goods - especially !"
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- "food - housing - and construction materials !"
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- "official figures for a year - 9.8 percent !"
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- "but a market basket survey - showed more - in the price of foodstuffs !"
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- "particularly for previously subsidized goods - such as !"
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- "rice - sugar - and flour - 85 percent - two years !"
Eastern Libya - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08TRIPOLI120
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- "Qadhafi's policy - had been against the - east !"
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- "the east - was a political threat - to Qadhafi !"
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- "perception - among many eastern Libyan men - unemployment !"
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- "half of them - between 18 and 34 - intermittently employed !"
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- "Qadhafi believed - then there would no - serious political opposition !"
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- "judges - from the International Criminal Court - issued a warrant !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "for the arrest - of Libyan - Moammar Gaddafi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "his son - and an intelligence chief !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "calling for them - to stand trial - for crimes against humanity !"
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- "the three-judge pretrial chamber - ruled that - ICC prosecutor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Moreno-Ocampo - had established reasonable grounds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "to charge - Gaddafi - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi - and Abdullah al-Senussi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Libyan civilians - of public protests !"
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- "Senussi - his role in leading - on demonstrators !"
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- "in the city of Benghazi - which was the capital of resistance - against Gaddafi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Senussi - had on Gaddafi’s request - ordered at - in Benghazi !"
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- "the US - had voted in favor - empowering the International Criminal Court !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "der Internationale Strafgerichtshof - in Den Haag - hat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Haftbefehle gegen - Muammar al-Gaddafi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "und zwei seiner engsten Vertrauten - erlassen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Gaddafi - sowie seinem Sohn Saif al-Islam - und seinem !"
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- "Schwager und Geheimdienstmann - Abdullah al-Senussi !"
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- "werden Verbrechen - gegen die Menschlichkeit - vorgeworfen !"
Migration in Libya - PDF: LINK ¤ FORTRESS EUROPE
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- "report on the conditions - of migrants - in transit in Libya !"
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- "in 2003 - Berlusconi - had sealed a secret agreement - with Qaddafi !"
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Migrants in Libya - Human Rights Watch Report: LINK ¤ H R W_________________________________________
- "Libyan authorities - had arrested - undocumented foreigners !"
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- "and returned them - to the original countries !"
LIBYA - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ LIBYA
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