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Former French President Sarkozy to be tried for corruption
Mar 29, 2018 12:32Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will face trial over charges that he misused his influence to secure leaked details of an inquiry into alleged irregularities in his 2007 election campaign, Le Monde reported on Thursday.
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Libya still living with killings, torture, slave markets: UN
Mar 22, 2018 03:34A UN rights report sheds light on the plight of Libyans seven year after a NATO-led military intervention there, saying rival armed groups in the North African state continue to kill and torture civilians with impunity, while Europe-bound refugees are still being bought and sold in “open slave markets.”
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France: Sarkozy charged over Libyan money claims
Mar 22, 2018 00:35Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was handed preliminary charges Wednesday over allegations he accepted millions of euros in illegal campaign funding from the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
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France: Sarkozy held in Libya financing probe
Mar 21, 2018 04:00Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was being held in police custody on Tuesday for questioning by magistrates looking into allegations of Libyan funding for his 2007 election campaign, an official in the French judiciary said.
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Libya marks 7th anniversary of revolution that brought mixed results
Feb 18, 2018 06:54Thousands of people in Libya have marked the seventh anniversary of a revolution that led to the fall of longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi but ushered in an era of instability in the country.
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About 23 refugees killed in Libya truck crash
Feb 14, 2018 13:08A truck carrying undocumented asylum seekers in Libya has crashed, leaving at least 23 of them dead and around 100 others injured.
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At least two killed, 75 wounded in Libya mosque blast
Feb 09, 2018 16:36Twin bomb blasts have hit a mosque in Libya's second city of Benghazi, killing at least two people and injuring 75 others.
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90 refugees, mostly Pakistanis, feared dead in shipwreck off Libya
Feb 02, 2018 10:27An estimated 90 refugees are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler's boat capsized early on Friday, leaving three known survivors and 10 bodies washed up on shore, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
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Twin car bombings kill more than 30 in Libyan city of Benghazi
Jan 24, 2018 15:42Twin car bombings outside a mosque have claimed the lives of more than 30 people and wounded dozens more in Libya's second city Benghazi.
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Clashes close Libyan capital's main intl. airport, kill 9
Jan 15, 2018 10:52Fierce clashes in the Libyan capital Tripoli have forced the closure of the city’s only functioning international airport as reports suggest at least nine have been killed in the armed confrontation between rival militant groups.