Posts Tagged ‘ Libya ’

Vietnam to resume sending workers to Libya: report 

January 16, 2012
Vietnam to resume sending workers to Libya: report 

A file photo from VnExpress shows Vietnamese workers returning from Libya early last year Vietnamese workers will soon return to Libya, after a turmoil last year which prompted the Vietnamese government to bring more than 10,000 workers home. A number of Turkish contractors in Libya have pledged to re-recruit Vietnamese workers over the next six months, [...]

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Let he who lobbed no missiles judge Libya rebels 

November 3, 2011
Let he who lobbed no missiles judge Libya rebels 

   File photo of vapor trails from NATO jets over the minaret of a mosque in the Libyan city of Misrata. NATO was on Monday formally ending its Libya mission, which it has hailed as one of its "most successful" yet after its air strikes playing a key role in the overthrow of now-slain despot Muammar [...]

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Hague court says in talks on Gaddafi son surrender 

October 28, 2011
Hague court says in talks on Gaddafi son surrender 

Saif Al-Islam, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, gestures as he talks to reporters in Tripoli August 23, 2011. International war crimes prosecutors are in touch with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, urging him to give himself up and warning him Friday he risks a mid-air interception if he tries to flee by plane to an African [...]

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The human cost of defending Libya’s oil 

October 27, 2011
The human cost of defending Libya’s oil 

A worker checks pipes and valves at Amaal oil field in eastern Libya October 7, 2011. Abdula Altako was killed in March guarding the oil field he worked for, one of the first but by no means the last of Libya’s oil workers to die defending the country’s lifeblood. Abandoned by their foreign owners during [...]

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Libya interim ruler urges NATO to stay till year end 

October 27, 2011
Libya interim ruler urges NATO to stay till year end 

Qatari Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R) and Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil (L) attend the “Friends of Libya” group meeting held in Doha, Qatar. Libya’s interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil on Wednesday urged NATO to continue its Libya campaign until year’s end, saying loyalists of slain despot Moamer [...]

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Kadhafi and son buried at night in secret location 

October 25, 2011
Kadhafi and son buried at night in secret location 

The body of Libyan ex-leader Moamer Kadhafi was buried overnight in a secret location after days of being put on display in a market freezer, a Misrata military council member said Tuesday. The body of slain despot Moamer Kadhafi was buried overnight in a secret location after being displayed in public for days, marking an [...]

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Muammar Qaddafi’s ‘gruesome’ final moments may trigger UN probe 

October 22, 2011
Muammar Qaddafi’s ‘gruesome’ final moments may trigger UN probe 

Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) fighter Nabil Ali Dagouich shows on October 21 in the flashpoint city of Misrata Moamer Kadafhi’s golden gun after participating in the capture of Libya’s late strongman. Muammar Qaddafi’s last moments were captured on video and released on the Internet: In one he is alive and in the other, dead. [...]

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Shortages ‘killing patients’ in Libya siege hospital 

October 3, 2011
Shortages ‘killing patients’ in Libya siege hospital 

Anti-Gaddafi fighters flash the victory sign in the front line north of the besieged city of Bani Walid October 2, 2011. People wounded in fighting in Libya’s besieged city of Sirte are dying on the operating table because fuel for the hospital generator has run out, medical workers fleeing the city said Sunday. The birthplace [...]

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Labor exports hit by shrinking markets 

September 20, 2011
Labor exports hit by shrinking markets 

  Labor export plans for the year have been thwarted by the narrowing of some major markets after escalated violence in Libya and by the increasing number of laborers decamping in South Korea. Vietnam may lose South Korea, one of its biggest labor export markets, due to the high number of laborers decamping in the [...]

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Kadhafi forces fight back, China recognizes NTC 

September 13, 2011
Kadhafi forces fight back, China recognizes NTC 

One of deposed Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's sons, Saadi Kadhafi, arrived Sunday in Niger, a government spokesman says. A defiant Moamer Kadhafi vowed to fight until victory as his forces launched surprise fightbacks on three fronts on Monday, and as Libya’s interim government won recognition from China. The ferocious counterattacks on a Ras Lanuf oil [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...