Libya
Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Al-Jamahiriyah al-'Arabiyah al-Libiyah ash-Sha'biyah al-Ishtirakiyah
CAPITAL: Tripoli (Tarabulus)
FLAG: The national flag is plain ...
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The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, better known as Libya, is located in central North Africa. It is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east by Egypt, ...
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POPULATION 5,368,585MUSLIM 98 percentCHRISTIAN 1 percentOTHER 1 percent
Country Overview
Introduction
Known officially as the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Libya e...
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Area: 1,759,540 sq km (679,362 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 5,968,000Capital:
Tripoli
(policy-making body intermittently meets in
Surt
)Chief of state: (de facto)
Col.
Muammar
al-Qaddafi
; (no...
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Once a pariah state promoting terrorist acts and seeking nuclear weapons, Libya in recent years has turned to promoting peace in Africa and diplomatic efforts to resolve the continent's wars, inclu...
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The release of six foreign medics raised expectations in Libya for a breakthrough in relations with the West after the European Union promised stepped up economic and political cooperation with Moa...
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European defense and aviation group EADS said Friday it had finalized two military contracts with Libya to supply anti-tank missiles and communications systems.French Defense Minister Herve Morin s...
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The top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East will hold talks in Libya next week focused on planning a trip to the former pariah nation by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this year, State Departmen...
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A Libyan took over as president of the U.N. Security Council Thursday, capping the nation's climb back to respectability. But its ambassador said Libya's past ordeal under U.N. sanctions puts it "i...
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From thousands of miles of pristine Mediterranean coastline, to sweeping desert sand dunes and ancient ruins that rival Greece and Italy, Libya has a lot to offer travelers looking for a rare off-t...
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Tripoli/Sofia (dpa) - Libya, which again captured international
attention with its case against six foreign medics for infecting
children with the HIV virus, has experienced...
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The Bush administration's No. 2 diplomat is being pressed to confront Libya over terrorism on a groundbreaking trip to the nation during an African tour this week.Deputy Secretary of State John Neg...
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The State Department's No. 2 official will travel to Libya this month as part of a four-nation African tour designed to ease the humanitarian crisis in the western Sudanese region of Darfur.Deputy ...
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