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| Tunisia Ready to Extradite Former Gaddafi PM to Libya |
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Tunisia is reported ready to extradite former Libyan prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi to Libya. However, it was made clear "guarantees" are sought to ensure a fair trial.
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| Number of Registered Voters for Libya Election Exceeds 75%, 44% Women |
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According to the Field Coordination Department at the High National Elections Commission, HNEC, in Libya, the number of registered voters in the elections for the General National Congress has exceeded two million and a half voters.
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| Protesters Attack Mali's Caretaker President |
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Mali’s caretaker President Dioncounda Traore needed hospital treatment after being beaten by protesters when they stormed his palace calling for him to resign.
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| Freed Palestinina Writer Describes Syrian Prison as "Human Slaughterhouse" |
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Fifty-six-year-old Palestinian writer, Salameh Kaileh who was jailed in Syria for nearly three weeks described the facilities at the Syrian jailhouse as "human slaughterhouses."
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| Cannes 2012: Weinstein Co. Buys Libyan Revolution Documentary |
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For the second time in as many days at the Cannes Film Festival in France, Harvey Weinstein has gotten political, by buying “The Oath of Tobruk,” a documentary about the 2011 Libyan revolution.
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| Opinion: Redefining the 'Arab Spring': Is Chaos Overtaking Revolution? - By Ramzy Baroud |
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The age of revolutionary romance is over. Various Arab countries are now facing hard truths. Millions of Arabs merely want to live with a semblance of dignity, free from tyranny and continuous anxiety over the future. This unromantic reality also includes outside ‘players’, whose presence is of no positive value to genuine revolutionary movements, whether in Egypt, Syria, or anywhere else.
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| Al-Megrahi Laid to Rest at Janzour Ceremony |
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Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, 60, the only man to be convicted of the Lockerbie tragedy in 1988 that killed 270 people was laid to rest in a desert grave Monday in a private funeral attended by family members and friends in a western suburb of the Libyan capital, Tripoli. He died at his home in Tripoli Sunday.
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| 90 Killed in 'Al Qaeda' Attack in Yemeni Capital, Sanaa |
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A suicide bomber, presumably an Al Qaeda member, has killed over 90 people participating in a military parade rehearsal in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, the country's defence ministry officials said Monday. Around 222 people are believed to have been injured in the blast.
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| EBRD to Invest €25 bl in Energy Efficiency Projects Over Three Years |
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In a press conference held in London at The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD, headquarters last Friday, the Managing Director for Energy Efficiency and Climate Change at EBRD, Josué Tanaka unveiled the details of the next phase of Sustainable Energy Initiative (SEI)- 2012-14, and its goals.
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| Fear Still Grips Emilia After Deadly Earthquake |
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In Italy, the Emilia-Romagna region was still gripped with fear on Monday, as tremors continued after Sunday's earthquake that killed seven people, injured dozens, left over 4,000 homeless and caused massive damaged.
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| Bee Gees Singer Robin Gibb Dies After Losing Cancer Battle |
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After battling ill health for several years, British-born Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb, has died at the age of 62, his family announced on Sunday
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| Abdelbaset al-Megrahi Dies at His Home in Tripoli |
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Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, 60, the who in 2001 in the Netherlands was convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing above Scotland that killed 270 people, has died at his home in the Libyan capital Tripoli.
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| NATO Operation Over Libya 2011 Shows Importance of Cooperation |
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The members of the NATO alliance believe that the operation over Libya last year, showed once again the importance of cooperation between the alliance and its partners, in particularly with the EU such connections, especially in the areas of air-to-air refuelling, medical support, maritime surveillance and training.
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| Deadly Earthquake Hits Northern Italy Killing Six |
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An magnitude-six earthquake in northern Italy has killed at least six people and caused very serious damage to buildings in several towns, local officials say. The quake struck in the middle of the night, at a relatively shallow depth of 10k at about 4.05 a.m., about 35km north of the city of Bologna.
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| EBRD to Investment in Emerging Arab Democracies |
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The shareholders of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD, have agreed on Saturday to the creation of a €1 billion special fund to start investments in emerging Arab democracies in response to the wave of political change in parts of the Middle East and North Africa.
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| Italy Blast Kills Teenage Girl |
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A teenage girl was killed and several other classmates wounded after a bomb exploded outside a high school in Brindisi, southern Italy as students arrived for class, officials said.
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| Benghazi Heads to the Polls to Elect Local Council |
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A month before the general election in Libya, the residents in the eastern city of Benghazi, Saturday headed to the polls to elect a local council, seen by many as the first step in the transition from revolution to state building, in this city, that has become known as the cradle of the revolt that eventually ousted from power after 42 years ruling the country of Muammar Gaddafi.
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| HRW Calls on NATO to Investigate all Potentially Unlawful Attacks in Libya |
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HRW says NATO has failed to acknowledge dozens of civilian casualties from air strikes during its 2011 Libya campaign and added that NATO should also address civilian casualties from its air strikes in Libya at the NATO heads of state summit, taking place in Chicago on May 20 and 21.
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