Articles tagged with: Gaddafi
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Libyan parliament approved a new law banning former members of the government of the late dictator Muammar Gaddafi from holding political office yesterday.
The law passed the country’s General National Congress (GNC) by 164 votes to 4, amid pressure from militias demanding its introduction and the removal of Gaddafi-era officials after months of parliamentary wrangling.
Under the new law, people who held official posts between 1969 and Gaddafi’s downfall i...
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Saturday, 2 Feb, 2013
On 24 December 1951, a new country was born. It had witnessed the horrors of a devastating world war. The life had been sucked out of its lands by monstrous colonisation that had lasted over three decades. This country, previously known as the United Kingdom of Libya, was granted its independence almost overnight through a marathon of complex international, diplomatic, and political operations.
Libya’s first government, headed by Prime Minister Mahmud Al-Muntasir, faced the challenge of re...
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Tuesday, 12 Jun, 2012
In a region that is changing fast—especially in Egypt and Tunisia—there is an urgent need to discuss the problems that afflict Libya and hinder smooth post-conflict reconstruct...
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Thursday, 16 Feb, 2012
On Friday, Libya will celebrate the anniversary of the uprising that ended Muamar Qhadhafi’s 42-years of despotic rule. Just how different Libya is today, along with the enor...
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Monday, 13 Feb, 2012
On Sunday , the Arab League called on the United Nations to pass a resolution on sending a joint UN-Arab peacekeeping force to Syria, in response to mounting violence in the co...
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Wednesday, 14 Dec, 2011
Recep Erdogan has succeeded in re-energizing Turkey’s role in the world. His re-election, in June 2011, to a third term as Prime Minister after retaining the AKP’s majority...
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Friday, 25 Nov, 2011
The Arab world is facing its most turbulent year since 1973, and there are no signs that the Spring—which became an Autumn and now a Winter—has any signs of tapering off. I...
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Wednesday, 16 Nov, 2011
During the former regime, Libyans used to retell stories of soldiers who were physically wounded during the Chadian-Libyan conflict and who were not allowed to return to thei...
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Wednesday, 9 Nov, 2011
One of the most telling developments of the Libyan uprising was the flight of senior members of the Qadhafi family, including Muammar Qadhafi’s wife and three of his children...
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Tuesday, 1 Nov, 2011
Following the extrajudicial killing of Muammar Qadhafi, his son and once heir apparent to the Colonel, has established indirect contact with the International Criminal Court su...
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