Libya’s main airport to reopen within month: NTC Libya’s provisional government took over Tripoli International Airport from a group of regional fighters on Monday as part of its efforts to consolidate control over strategic infrastructure. Al Italia has agreed to restart flights on Nov. 2, interim minister for transport and communications, Anwar Alfituri, told Reuters. He said the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) had also received requests to restart flights from Air France, Egypt Air, Royal Jordanian, Tunis Air and Austrian Airlines. “I would say international flights will start up again within a month,” he said. “I expect that all of them will start by November.”
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Libya says only a third of assets unfrozen By Jessica Donati TRIPOLI Oct 10 (Reuters) - Just a third of Libya's assets have been unfrozen despite pledges by global powers to free up billions to rebuild the country after months of war, an official at the Finance Ministry told Reuters in an interview on Monday. More than a month has passed since world leaders agreed to unblock $15 billion to help the new government restore vital services after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.
Tripoli gets new militia in apparent rebuff to Islamists A Libyan revolutionary officer announced the creation on Sunday of an armed group to keep order in Tripoli, a mission analysts say may overlap uneasily with an existing Military Council with the same job which is led by a prominent Islamist. Announcing the Tripoli Revolutionists Council at a news conference in the capital, Abdullah Ahmed Naker said his force had 22,000 armed men at its disposal, drawn from what he said were 73 factions which had agreed to pool resources. The move may stir concern about tensions among the many revolutionary militias who play a de facto security role in the capital, where residents say they fear some groups may resort to violence as they jockey for power. Visiting U.S. Republican Senator John McCain called on the country’s interim rulers, the unelected National Transitional Council (NTC), last week to move quickly to get the armed groups under control.
5min - Find the best how to, instructional and DIY videos – Life Videopedia Up next 0:26 0:38 0:41 2:41 0:56 0:46 1:01 1:14 0:56 Caption Languages English Libya's Latest Tourist Attraction: Qaddafi's Old Homes - Global As a degree of normalcy returns to Libya, with airports reopening, oil production resuming, and ports springing back to life, Libya's new leaders are hoping to give the tourism industry a jolt by highlighting the country's Roman ruins and stretches of undeveloped beaches. Lonely Planet's Libya guide still warns against traveling to the country, but one tourist attraction is already becoming popular, at least for Libyans: Qaddafi's homes. In a fascinating New York Times Magazine piece today on Libya after Qaddafi's fall, Robert F. Worth recalls that when he first arrived at Qaddafi's ransacked Bab al Aziziya compound in Tripoli, Libyan families were "strolling through and gazing wonderingly at the ruins." Worth isn't alone in observing the phenomenon.
The revolution belongs to all Libyans, secular or not It was 20 years ago that I left my hometown, Tripoli, in search of refuge. Colonel Gaddafi's security apparatus had the country in an iron grip; the eyes of its agents were everywhere. No one was safe. I have lived in many countries since, dedicating all my efforts to one objective: the overthrow of the dictatorship in order to bring about real change in our country. Exclusive - Libya wealth fund cash to finance reconstruction By Mahmoud Habboush DUBAI Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:39pm GMT DUBAI (Reuters) - Some of the over-large cash component of Libya's $65-billion (41-billion pound) sovereign wealth fund will be put to work financing post-Gaddafi reconstruction, leaving time for a full review of its less liquid investments. "I expect an immediate shrinkage of the size of the fund," Rafik Nayed, acting chief executive of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday. "My feeling is that there will be large investments required in the near future and international reserves will be used to do that, especially as the oil production has not fully recovered."
Libya's schools trying to reform pro-Gaddafi curriculum Story from The World. Listen to the above audio for a complete report. Since the toppling and death of former Libyan president Moammar Gadhafi, change is the watchword in Libya. A new prime minister has been named, a new transitional government is expected, and portraits of fallen martyrs are replacing pictures of Gadhafi in public spaces. Libya: Gaddafi son spotted in Bani Walid as heavy fighting continues Gaddafi's son Saif Al-Islam shakes hands with supporters in Tripoli earlier this summer. Photograph: Reuters TV/Reuters Free Libyan forces have taken key parts of the southern desert town of Sabha, a bastion of support for Muammar Gaddafi and other senior regime fugitives, the new rebel government in Tripoli announced on Monday. Confirmation of the capture of Sabha's citadel and airport marks a significant military advance, though the fate of the rest of the town was unclear. But there was no sign of an end to heavy fighting in Bani Walid, 100 miles south of Tripoli, where Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, the deposed leader's son, was said to have been spotted.
n rebels say they have Gadhafi surrounded Rebels transport armored vehicles near Bani Wali, Libya, on Wednesday. NEW: Message attributed to Gadhafi says NATO will be defeatedTripoli Military Council spokesman won't say where Gadhafi isNTC negotiator says two Gadhafi sons have been seen in Bani WalidRebel fighters moving toward loyalist city, negotiator says Between Bani Walid And Misrata, Libya (CNN) -- Ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has been surrounded and has no way of leaving the area, Anees al-Sharif, a spokesman for the Tripoli Military Council, told CNN on Wednesday. Libyan, posthumously, is winner of the Louis Lyons Award SHOWCASE | November 18, 2011 Mohammed Nabbous, killed in March during anti-Gadafi fighting, sent out the first images and sounds of the unrest from Benghazi to the outside world. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Nieman Fellows at Harvard University have selected Mohammed “Mo” Nabbous, founder of Libya Alhurra TV, as this year’s recipient of the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism.
The members of Libya's National Transitional Council Last week, Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) released an expanded list of its members and their geographic affiliation. Skip to next paragraph Recent posts Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS ofThe Christian Science MonitorWeekly Digital Edition Kristen Chick, who's in eastern Libya, took the trouble to transcribe the Arabic list into English for me.