Reuters: Libya News

Libya offers rare opening to human rights group

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:35:20 +0000

ALGIERS, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Campaign group Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday it had for the first time been given permission to launch a report on Libya's rights record from inside the country, a step it said showed a new openness.

RPT-Libya seeks investment boost with Turkish deals

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:54:46 +0000

TRIPOLI, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Turkey and Libya signed a string of cooperation deals ranging from health to education and construction as Turkey's prime minister ended a three-day visit to Tripoli, officials said.

UPDATE 1-Turkey, Libya deepen cooperation on energy, food

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:02:22 +0000

* Turkish PM visits Libya with 150 Turkish business leaders

Libya says Turkey wants to buy more oil directly

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:16:23 +0000

TRIPOLI, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Turkey's government has told Libya it wants to source more of its oil from the north African country using direct deals, a Libyan government minister said on Tuesday.

Libya says Gaddafi will mediate in soccer dispute

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:47:46 +0000

TRIPOLI, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has accepted an Arab League request to calm tension between Egypt and Algeria sparked by their soccer World Cup play-off matches, Libyan state media reported on Tuesday.

UPDATE 1-Peacekeepers should prepare to leave Darfur-Sudan

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:16:51 +0000

* Sudan violated agreement on deploying peacekeepers - UN

Sudan violates peacekeeper deployment agreement-UN

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:59:54 +0000

* Sudanese army limits movement of peacekeepers in Darfur

INTERVIEW-Templeton's Mobius eyes Libyan market, sees growth

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:00:20 +0000

(Corrects typographical error in INTERVIEW tag in headline)

Move at UN to sanction Eritrea over Somalia links

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:52:21 +0000

* Russia, China will have problems with draft - diplomats

INTERVIEW-Egypt's Pachin to produce in Libya, boost capacity

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:57:45 +0000

* To launch new premium paint product in Egypt and Libya