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The electoral commission of Libya announced that candidates for the July 6 parliamentary elections would have 18 days to campaign, June 18 to July 5 inclusive. It said 2,501 independents and 1,206 pol 514
Following protests the National Transition Council of Libya dropped its earlier ban against parties based on religion, tribe or ethnicity. 515
The first civil trial of suspected supporters of slain dictator Muammar Qaddafi began with the commence of the trail of five defendants in the city of Zawiyah. 516
Tunisian President's office said that the Libyan authorities have guaranteed that former Prime Minister Baghdadi Al Mahmoudi will get a fair trial, meeting Tunisia's final condition for his extraditio 517
Muammar Qadhafi's last prime minister Baghdadi Al Mahmudi, who was extradited from Tunisia to Libya to face justice, told journalist who were visiting him in his prison that he was innocent. 519
Libyan government spokesman Mohammad Al Harizi told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that Melinda Taylor, the Australian lawyer of Seif al-Islam, will be released if she reveals the whereabouts 521
Libyan authorities granted immunity to former rebels who fought to oust Muammar Qaddafi and declared: "There is no punishment for acts made necessary by the February 17 revolution." 544
The Daily Mail report that French President Nicolas Sarkozy allegedly received nearly €50 million from former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi during his election campaign in 2007. 554
The former Libyan intelligence officer Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, convicted of the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people has died. 555
Several people were killed when an armed militia protesting outside the Libyan prime minister's office started shooting. 559
An official of the Tunisian Justice Ministry said former Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Al Mahmoudi, who took refugee in Tunisia last September, would be extradited to Libya. However, Adnen Manser, a 563
Libya said it has retained two lawyers from the British firm Matrix Chambers Ltd as part of its bid to convince the International Criminal Court (ICC) to allow a local trial for Muammar Qaddafi's son 566
International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said that Muammar Qaddafi's son will face justice regardless of whether he is tried in the Hague or in Libya. 569
Abdullah Al Senussi, the spy chief of dead Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi's wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, was extradited from Mauritania where he was arreste 580
Switzerland's highest court, the Federal Court of Justice in Lausanne, sentenced a family of Swiss engineers, Friedrich Tinner and his two sons Marco and Urs, for helping Libya in its failed efforts 604
Four persons were arrested for their alleged role in the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi in which the US ambassador and three embassy staff were killed. 473
A group calling itself Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed that the deadly attack on US diplomats in Libya on 11 September was in revenge for the killing Al Qaeda deputy leader Sheikh Abu 478
Mohammed Al Megaryef, president of the Libyan National Congress, the country's parliament told CBS News that 50 people were arrested over the killing of US ambassador Chris Stevens in the Benghazi co 485
Libya released four staff members of International Criminal Court who were held for nearly four weeks on allegations that they shared documents that could harm national security with Muammar Qadhafi's 489
A vehicle carrying Britain's ambassador to Libya Dominic Asquith was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades in Benghazi. While the ambassador was not hurt, two of his bodyguards were injured. 506
Mustafa Abdel Jalil, head of Libya's ruling National Transitional Council, warned that future ties between Libya and Mauritania would depend on the latter's decision concerning the extradition of form 508
A delegation for the International Criminal Court was detained in Libya after one of its lawyers, Australian named Melinda Taylor, was found to be carrying suspicious documents for Muammar Qadhafi' 510
National Transitional Council (NTC) Spokesperson Mohammed Harizy said that in preparation for the June elections the Council passed a law banning political parties based on religion, tribe or ethnicit 511