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Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing dead - USA TODAY

2012-05-20
USA TODAYLibyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing deadUSA TODAYBENGHAZI, Libya (AP) – Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died Sunday nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison to the outrage of the ...Lockerbie bomber Megrahi has died in Libya: brotherReutersLockerbie bomber Megrahi dies in LibyaLos Angeles TimesLibyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing dies at 60Boston.comCNN Internationalall 2,142 news articles »

Libyan city of Benghazi holds first post-Gadhafi vote - USA TODAY

2012-05-19
USA TODAYLibyan city of Benghazi holds first post-Gadhafi voteUSA TODAYBENGHAZI, Libya (AP) – Residents of the eastern Libyan city that served as the cradle of the uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi voted for a local council Saturday in the city's first elections since the longtime dictator's capture and killing last ...Vote in Libya's Benghazi tests support for autonomyReutersall 224 news articles »

Libya Pumps Almost 1.6 Million Barrels a Day of Oil - Bloomberg

2012-05-20
Al-BawabaLibya Pumps Almost 1.6 Million Barrels a Day of OilBloombergLibya's crude oil output has risen to “almost” 1.6 million barrels a day, Nuri Berruien, chairman of the state-run National Oil Corp., said in a telephone interview from Tripoli. The North African country, which is rebuilding its oil industry after the ...Libyan oil industry makes startling recoveryAl-BawabaLibya rises fast from the ashesThe Nationalall 6 news articles »

Vote in Libya's Benghazi tests support for autonomy

2012-05-20
BENGHAZI (Reuters) - People in Libya's second biggest city, Benghazi, voted on Saturday in a local election that will test support for a proposal to set up autonomous rule for eastern Libya. Benghazi was the cradle of last year's revolt which overthrew Muammar Gaddafi but it is also the home of a movement which, frustrated with the new national rulers, wants to turn Libya into a federal state ...

Libya’s ‘Committee of Wise Men for Negotiation’

2012-05-19
OBARI, Libya — Recognizing the need to bring all of Libya’s disparate groups under one flag, the country’s transitional government has dispatched a team of roving peaceniks — made up of local leaders, intellectuals and government officials representing all of Libya’s racial groups — to reconcile Libya’s various tribes and clans over the coming months. They are known as the Committee of Wise Men ...

Lockerbie bomber dies of cancer in Libya

2012-05-20
TRIPOLI, Libya, May 20 (UPI) -- A former Libyan intelligence officer convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing has died of cancer in the capital of Tripoli, his family said Sunday.

Italy quake kills at least seven

2012-05-20
Seven people are dead, 50 injured and possibly thousands displaced after a strong earthquake that struck early Sunday in northern Italy, authorities said.

Zuckerberg's new FB status: Married

2012-05-20
Days after his company made its stock market debut, Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan.

New doctor turned Mrs. Zuckerberg

2012-05-20
She likes Target, the Food Network and sun-dried tomatoes. She loves taking pictures of her dog Beast, and admits to checking her phone "every five seconds."