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Libyan assembly elects Magarief as president
10/08/2012 - LIBYA

Libyan assembly elects Magarief as president

Libya's newly-formed national assembly named veteran politician Mohammed Magarief (pictured, centre) as president on Thursday. The moderate Islamist will effectively be acting head of state, but the true extent of his powers is yet to be determined.
Libya’s NTC hand power to new assembly
09/08/2012 - LIBYA

Libya’s NTC hand power to new assembly

Libya's National Transitional Council ceded power to a democratically-elected assembly Wednesday. The run-up to the transition has been overshadowed by several violent incidents in the past week that have shown the country’s precarious stability.
Mauritania refuses to extradite Libyan ex-spy chief
06/08/2012 - MAURITANIA - LIBYA

Mauritania refuses to extradite Libyan ex-spy chief

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ruled out extraditing Libyan ex-spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi (pictured), who worked under Muammar Gaddafi's regime before its ouster last year. Mauritania first wants to try Senussi for illegal entry.
Wartime PM takes early lead in Libya election
10/07/2012 - LIBYA

Wartime PM takes early lead in Libya election

The Liberal alliance, led by wartime rebel prime minister Mahmoud Jibril, took an early lead in Libya’s national assembly election, according to partial results released on Monday.
Liberals claim lead in Libyan election
08/07/2012 - LIBYA

Liberals claim lead in Libyan election

A coalition of liberal political groups on Sunday claimed the lead in the first free election organised in Libya in decades. Islamist parties recognized the liberals’ edge in Tripoli and Benghazi but said the race was tight in the south.
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Vote hailed as democratic milestone despite violence
08/07/2012 - LIBYA

Vote hailed as democratic milestone despite violence

Voting officials said almost 60% of Libyan voters turned out to cast their ballots in the country’s first free national election, widely hailed as the beginning of a new era of freedom despite violent incidents in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi.
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Hopes, fears in the cradle of the Libyan revolution
10/07/2012 - LIBYA

Hopes, fears in the cradle of the Libyan revolution

Libyans head to the polls Saturday in the first free national elections since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. But in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, the birthplace of the 2011 uprising, discontent is mounting amid fears of regional marginalization.
Fair trial in Libya 'impossible' for Gaddafi's son, ICC lawyer says
06/07/2012 - LIBYA

Fair trial in Libya 'impossible' for Gaddafi's son, ICC lawyer says

An International Criminal Court defense lawyer recently released from Libya after being held in the country for more than three weeks said Friday that her detention proved Muammar Gaddafi's son, Seif al-Islam, would not get a fair trail there.
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Libyans vote in first elections since fall of Gaddafi
10/07/2012 - LIBYA

Libyans vote in first elections since fall of Gaddafi

More than eight months after Muammar Gaddafi was captured and killed, Libyans flocked to the polls Saturday to elect a national assembly that will set the blueprint for democracy in Libya.
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Burgeoning Libyan Islamists hoping to ride political wave
05/07/2012 - LIBYA

Burgeoning Libyan Islamists hoping to ride political wave

As Libya heads to the polls in the country’s first national elections since Muammar Gaddafi’s fall, all eyes are on the burgeoning Islamist parties to see if they mirror their counterparts’ electoral successes in Egypt and Tunisia.
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