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/ 31 January 2010
UN chief Ban Ki-Moon on Sunday criticised power-grabs in Africa as Libya’s Moammar Gadaffi reluctantly handed over the presidency of the AU.
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/ 31 January 2010
One of the world’s most respected clerics is to put pressure on the Libyan government to reveal what it knows about a political activist.
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/ 29 January 2010
After an awkward year with Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi as chairperson, many at the AU fear he will seek re-election.
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/ 3 December 2009
Libya has struck a blow in its spat with Switzerland by sentencing two businessmen to jail in apparent retaliation for the arrest of Gadaffi’s son.
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/ 17 November 2009
When the hostess agency put out the call for attractive, well-dressed women, under the age of 35 and over 1,7m tall, it was inundated with responses.
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/ 12 November 2009
Two Swiss businessmen prevented from leaving Libya for more than a year will be tried for tax evasion and visa irregularities, Libya said on Thursday.
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/ 26 October 2009
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi said ”we are sorry” for the 1984 killing of a British policewoman outside the Libyan embassy in London.
Britain secretly offered to pay £14-million pounds to Libya as a part of a deal to end its support for the IRA, said a report on Monday.
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/ 28 September 2009
Hugo Chávez made diplomatic inroads in Africa on Sunday at a summit of South American and African leaders where he offered Venezuela’s help.
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/ 26 September 2009
President Hugo Chávez urged colleagues from Africa and South America to help form a ”multipolar” world on Saturday at a summit.
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/ 23 September 2009
Barack Obama on Wednesday promised a new era of US engagement with the world, saying that by acting together mankind can overcome global challenges.
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/ 23 September 2009
US President Barack Obama makes his UN debut on Wednesday calling on world leaders to shoulder more responsibility in confronting global challenges.
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/ 23 September 2009
Moammar Gadaffi pitched his tent on an estate belonging to Donald Trump in suburban New York on Tuesday, according to reports.
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/ 22 September 2009
Wednesday brings excruciating embarrassment for the United Nations. It will honour the worst man left in the world.
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/ 21 September 2009
Jose Eduardo Dos Santos marked 30 years in power on Monday, with no public celebrations or even a murmur in state media about the milestone.
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/ 15 September 2009
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi’s reformist son is trying to use the homecoming of the Lockerbie bomber to boost his waning prestige.
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/ 8 September 2009
Saif al-Islam al-Gadaffi, the Libyan leader’s second son, is a powerful mover and shaker in Libya and abroad, despite occupying no official position.
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/ 7 September 2009
Libya will not pay compensation to the families of people killed by Irish republican bombs they say were made using Libyan-supplied explosives.
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/ 2 September 2009
Gordon Brown said on Wednesday his government had put no pressure on Scotland to release the Lockerbie bomber to improve trade links with Libya.
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/ 2 September 2009
Libya’s celebrations marking Moammar Gadaffi’s four decades in power got off to a spectacular start on Wednesday with a colourful extravaganza.
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/ 1 September 2009
The British and Scottish governments will publish documents relating to the release of the Lockerbie bomber on Tuesday.
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/ 1 September 2009
Libya launched a week of lavish events on Tuesday celebrating Moammar Gadaffi’s 40 years in power despite a near total boycott by Western leaders.
The African Union will on Monday hold a special summit in Libya on the eve of the 40th anniversary of Moammar Gadaffi’s coup.
Saif Gadaffi says it was "not a secret" Libyans were linking oil and trade deal with bid to get Abdelbasset al-Megrahi released.
There is no reason to be angry about the release of the Lockerbie bomber, Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi’s son said on Friday.
White House seethes at triumphalist scenes on return of freed man to Libya, while Scottish and United Kingdom governments clash.
Moammar Gadaffi was shown on Saturday embracing a former agent who was released by Scotland from a life sentence for the Lockerbie bombing.
British politicians on Friday condemned celebrations in Tripoli on the return of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.
Barack Obama said on Thursday that Libya should put cancer-stricken Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi under house arrest.
A former Libyan agent jailed for life for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people is to be freed on Thursday, the Scottish government said.
The African Union has decided not to cooperate with a warrant against Sudan President Omar al-Bashir and again appealed to the UN to delay the case.
African leaders reached a compromise early on Friday on the powers of a new regional authority that will coordinate key policies.