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	Libya
		Libya remained part of their empire, although at times virtually autonomous, until Italy invaded in 1911 and, in the face of years of resistance, made Libya a colony.
		It is bound to the west by Tunisia and Algeria, the southwest by Niger, the south by Chad and Sudan and to the east by Egypt.
		Libya faces a long road ahead in liberalizing the socialist-oriented economy, but initial steps - including applying for WTO membership, reducing some subsidies, and announcing plans for privatization - are laying the groundwork for a transition to a more market-based economy.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/li/libya.html (2860 words)

	Libya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Libya, officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya or الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية ﺍﻟﻌﻆﻤﻰ is a country in Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, located between Egypt on the east, Sudan on the southeast, Chad and Niger on the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.
		When Libya declared its independence on 24 December 1951, it was the first country to achieve independence through the United Nations and one of the first former European possessions in Africa to gain independence.
		Libya has a small population within its large territory, with a population density of about 3 persons per square kilometre (8.5/mi²) in the two northern regions of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, and less than one person per square kilometre (1.6/mi²) elsewhere.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/libya (2950 words)

	Learn more about Libya in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In practice, however, Libya is essentially a dictatorship, with Qadhafi ruling by decree, assisted by a small clique of military and political officials.
		On December 19, 2003, Libya admitted having had a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programme and simultaneously announced its intention to end it and dismantle all existing WMD to be verified by unconditional inspections.
		In Greek mythology, Libya was a daughter of Memphis and Epaphus.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/libya.html (516 words)

	Libya - RecipeFacts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya or Libya (Arabic: ليبيا, transliterated Lībiyyā) is a country in North Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, located between Egypt on the east, Sudan on the southeast, Chad and Niger on the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.
		Relations between the UK and Libya became strained following the 1984 Libyan Embassy Siege, when shots were fired at a crowd of protesters, killing a policewoman, leading to a break in relations.
		The sanctions were lifted on September 12, 2003, after Libya agreed to accept responsibility and make payment of US $2.7 billion to the families of those who died in the bombing.
	www.recipeland.com /encyclopaedia/index.php/Lybia (1476 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Politics of Libya
		Politics, sometimes defined as the art and science of government[1], is a process by which collective decisions are made within groups.
		Libya's justice system is nominally based on Sharia law.
		Libya is a state that doesn't allow parties to exist, all parties were banned in 1952.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Politics-of-Libya (2002 words)

	Libya - Politics of Oil
		As a consequence, Libya was more ready to ration output in order to conserve its natural wealth and less responsive to moderating its price-rise demands than the other countries.
		Libya's Five-Year Economic and Social Transformation Plan (1976-80), announced in 1975, was programmed to pump US$20 billion into the development of a broad range of economic activities that would continue to provide income after Libya's petroleum reserves had been exhausted.
		Libya continued to be plagued with a shortage of skilled labor, which had to be imported along with a broad range of consumer goods, both paid for with petroleum income.
	www.countrystudies.us /libya/31.htm (609 words)

	Libya - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
		The Reagan administration saw Libya as an unacceptable player on the international stage because of its uncompromising stance on Palestinian independence, its support for revolutionary Iran in its 1980-1988 war against Saddam_Hussein's Iraq (''see Iran-Iraq_War''), and its backing for "liberation movements" in the developing world.
		The government is called a "jamahiriya," a modification of the Arabic word "jumhuriya" (republic) that translates loosely as "people's state." In practice, however, Libya is essentially a dictatorship, with Qadhafi ruling by decree, assisted by a small clique of military and political officials.
		Libya's wars against other Arab states are discussed in the entry Middle_East_conflict ---- In Greek_mythology, Libya was a daughter of Memphis and Epaphus.
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	Libya
		It should be noted that, in ancient Greece, Libya was used in a broader meaning, encompassing all of North Africa west of Egypt.
		Since 1969 Libya has been ruled by Colonel Moammar al-Qadhafi, who came to power in a coup and deposed the Libyan monarchy of King Idris.
		In March 1982 the U.S. declared a ban on the import of Libyan oil and the export to Libya of U.S. industrial technology items, most of which were used for oil; Europe did not follow suit.
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	Libya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		LIBYA, Malta (di-ve news) -- May 05, 2006 -- 1745CEST -- Minister for Rural Affairs and the Environment George Pullicino headed a Maltese delegation in Libya...
		During the meeting, which was held on May 4, Libya expressed its deep concern over the Bulgarian newspaperâs publication of cartoons described as undermining...
		Sofia - Libya summoned the Bulgarian ambassador in Tripoli to explain the publication of cartoons of its leader, Muammar Gaddafi, and five imprisoned Bulgarian...
	www.wikiverse.org /libya (1008 words)

	Libya - INTERNAL POLITICS
		The UN commissioner for Libya, Adrian Pelt, suggested the formation of a preparatory committee of twenty-one Libyans (seven from each region) to initiate the framing of a constitution.
		The constitution established Libya as a monarchy; succession was to pass to Idris's designated heirs.
		Aggressive acts were defined as propagandizing against the regime, arousing class hatred among the people, spreading false rumors about political and economic conditions in the country, and demonstrating or striking against the government.
	www.countrystudies.us /libya/67.htm (681 words)

	America's Debate -> Libya Agrees to Dismantle WMD Program
		Washington has said Libya was actively developing biological and chemical weapons, upgrading its nuclear capabilities and seeking ballistic missiles to deliver weapons of mass destruction, working with the help of countries that sponsor terrorism.
		Libya was mentioned months ago as one of the first countries that was responding to the battle in Iraq.
		And that would not only be bad politics, but would put America in the wrong and lose any moral authority it had on this issue in the eyes of most of the rest of the world, whether they be current allies or not.
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	Libya to dismantle its weapons - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Libya reached out to the United States and Britain nine months ago, at about the same time that U.S. and British troops began their 21-day assault that led to the fall of Saddam's Ba'athist regime in Baghdad.
		Libya also took responsibility for downing a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 and agreed earlier this year to pay $2.7 billion in damages to the families of the bombing's 270 victims.
		Libya admitted to producing mustard gas and exploiting its agricultural program to develop other chemicals that could be used as weapons.
	www.washingtontimes.com /national/20031219-111904-3479r.htm (1120 words)

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		Claimed to be rich with uranium deposits, a dispute over the control of this area with LibyaLibya led to a war between the two countries.
		In 1973, Libya engaged in military operations in the Aozou Strip to gain access to minerals and to use it as a base of influence in Chadian politics.
		Libya based its claim to the area on an unratified 1935 treaty between France and Italy, the colonial powers of Chad and Libya, respectively.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/P/Politics-of-Libya.htm (185 words)

	Politics of Libya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the first 7 years following the revolution, Colonel Qadhafi and 12 fellow army officers, the Revolutionary Command Council, began a complete overhaul of Libya's political system, society, and economy.
		On 3 March 1977, Qadhafi convened a General People's Congress (GPC) to proclaim the establishment of "people's power," change the country's name to the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, and to vest, theoretically, primary authority in the GPC.
		The GPC appoints justices to the Supreme Court.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Libya (1111 words)

	World Political (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
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		Libya has released dozens of political prisoners, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood, a pol...
	www.libyadaily.com /s/politics/libya_index.html (693 words)

	Politics of Libya: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The great socialist peoples libyan arab jamahiriya or libya (arabic:) is a country in north africa, bordering the mediterranean...
		Libya's justice system is nominally based on Sharia Sharia quick summary:
		Fezzan is a desert region in south-western libya....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/politics_of_libya.htm (1478 words)

	The Daily Star - Politics - Libya rejects US call for bombing compensation
		TRIPOLI: Libya has rebuffed a US call for compensation to be paid to the families of American victims of a Berlin nightclub bombing 18 years ago, claiming that Washington should instead recompense the Libyan victims of a subsequent revenge air raid on Tripoli.
		Libya's Ambassador, Said Abdulaati, told AFP that Tripoli had agreed to pay a total of $35 million to non-US nationals who were hurt.
		Libya's Gadhafi Foundation, which negotiated the terms of Tuesday's compensation deal with Germany, demanded compensation from the US for subsequent airstrikes against the north African country.
	www.dailystar.com.lb /article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=7307 (543 words)

	Politics Discussion Forum - Libya and Lockerbie...
		It is clear it took several years for the international community to figure out who did it, and it seems the process of bringing the Libyan suspects to justice and Libya itself began during the months leading up to the Gulf War.
		Libya, on the other hand, has attacked the US and has conducted heinous acts of terror.
		To say that Saddam is much worse than Gadaffi may be politically correct but it is not supported by the facts.
	politics.conforums.com /index.cgi?action=display&board=news&num=1061084695&start=0 (1610 words)

	AllRefer.com - Libya - Government And Politics of Libya \| Libyan Information Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Political Parties: Political parties banned; mass organization accomplished primarily through Arab Socialist Union, which includes geographically and functionally based membership.
		Foreign Relations: Libya under Qadhafi a staunch proponent of pan-Arab unity, both in theory and in practice.
		In accordance with this ideology, Libya has pursued activist and aggressive foreign policy, which includes alleged support and sponsorship of numerous terrorist and guerrilla movements throughout world.
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	Articles - Libya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Libya) is a country in [[North Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, located between Egypt on the east, Sudan on the southeast, Chad and Niger on the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.
		Libya extends over 1,759,540 square kilometres (679,182 sq.
		Libya faces a long road ahead in liberalizing the socialist-oriented economy, but initial steps — including applying for WTO membership, reducing some subsidies, and announcing plans for privatization — are laying the groundwork for a transition to a more market-based economy.
	www.artsor.com /articles/Libya (2446 words)

	Libya - Gurupedia
		Iran in its 1980-1988 war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq (see Iran-Iraq War), and its assistance for "liberation movements" in different parts of the world, many which were conducted by separatist terrorists such as: the Irish Republican Army (IRA), Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
		Gulf of Sidra, which Libya claimed as territorial waters but was not recognized internationally.
		Libya was a daughter of Memphis and Epaphus.
	www.gurupedia.com /l/li/libya.htm (869 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Special Reports \| Blair to offer Libya military training
		A Downing Street spokeswoman said that the proposals were to show that Libya could defend itself without weapons of mass destruction.
		A senior British official travelling with Mr Blair said the visit would seek to "continue the process of bringing Libya into the international mainstream and to make clear that we will be trying to get Libya's relationship with the EU developed in the months ahead".
		Tomorrow's visit is the culmination of long-term government efforts to improve relations with Libya, which resulted in Britain restoring diplomatic relations after Libya handed over Lockerbie suspects Abdel Baset al-Megrahi Al-Amin Khalifah Fhimah and accepted "general responsibility" for the killing of PC Fletcher in 1999.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /foreignaffairs/story/0,11538,1176938,00.html (762 words)

	Elections in Libya -- {{Politics of Libya}} Elections in Libya gives informa... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Elections in Libya -- {{Politics of Libya}} Elections in Libya gives informa...
		{{Politics of Libya}} Elections in Libya gives information on election and election results in Libya.
		Libya is a state that doesn't allow parties to exist.
	elections-in-libya.en.tracking24.net (76 words)

	Politics of Libya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Libya 's political system is theoretically based on the political philosophy in Moammar Al Qadhafi 's Green Book, which combines socialist and Islamic theories and rejectsparliamentary democracy and political parties.
		On March 3, 1977, Qadhafi convened a General People's Congress (GPC) to proclaim the establishment of"people's power," change the country's name to the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, and to vest, theoretically, primaryauthority in the GPC.
		In 1988, faced with rising public dissatisfaction with shortages in consumer goods and setbacks in Libya's war with Chad, Qadhafi began to curb the power of the revolutionary committees and to institute somedomestic reforms.
	www.therfcc.org /politics-of-libya-92456.html (1010 words)

	Libya : Geography, People, Politics, Government, Economy, transport
		Later, when QADHAFI found that he could not easily break free of the sanctions and when he realized that Arab nations were lukewarm to his many unusual political initiatives, he turned his attention to Africa where he achieved mixed success at influence-building.
		In December 2003, Libya announced that it had agreed to reveal and end its programs to develop weapons of mass destruction.
		This effort picked up steam after UN sanctions were lifted in September 2003 and as Libya announced in December 2003 that it would abandon programs to build weapons of mass destruction.
	www.studentsoftheworld.info /infopays/wfb.php3?CODEPAYS=LBY (1262 words)

	Libya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		LUANDA, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Sao Tome and Principe's President Fradique de Menezes is on a visit to Libya in search of financial aid to cover the archipelago's...
		Arab Studies Expert: Libya Todayâs Publication wonât Make a...
		I think that the publication in the newspaper Libya Today wonât make a revolution in the trial against the Bulgarian nurses, Associate Professor Vladimir...
	libya.wikiverse.org (1031 words)

	Libya : Essential Historical Information, explanation, recent texts, monographs, and relevant links. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Libya: The Lost Cities of the Roman Empire by Antonio Di Vita
		The Herders of Cyrenaica: Ecology, Economy, and Kinship Among the Bedouin of Eastern Libya by Roy H. Behnke
		Politics Main article: Politics of Libya The Libyan system of government is quite unusual.
	www.llpoh.org /Reviewing_the_20th_century/Libya.html (972 words)

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		Japan and Libya have already stepped up their efforts to improve ties, with Tokyo sending a permanent ambassador to its embassy in Tripoli late last year and the Libyan side preparing to dispatch an ambassador soon, the official said.
		Japan, European nations and other developed countries have shown interest in oil development projects in Libya, which produces high-quality petroleum that can be used in jet fuel.
		Japan recognized Libya in 1957 and established an embassy in 1973.
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