Another version of the standardised imperial portrait ; from the house of Jason Magnus at Cyrene, Libya | Cyrene, North Africa ( British Museum ).

These troops, returning home from a disastrous military expedition to Cyrene in Libya, suspected that they had been betrayed in order that Apries, the reigning king, might rule more absolutely by means of his Greek mercenaries ; many Egyptians fully sympathized with them.

The tomb of Myrine is mentioned in the Iliad ; later interpretation made of her an Amazon: according to Diodorus, Queen Myrine led her Amazons to victory against Libya and much of Gorgon.

It is also known as: taam ( طعام ) in Algeria and Morocco ; Kuseksi-in Tunisia, Libya and Kuskusi ( كسكسي ) in Egypt.

The Axis, too, believed that the capture of Egypt was imminent ; Italian leader Benito Mussolini — sensing an historic moment — flew to Libya to prepare for his triumphal entry to Cairo.

In November 1942, the Allied forces retook Cyrenaica ; by February 1943, the last German and Italian soldiers were driven from Libya.

Investigators found that a bomb placed in the cargo hold by Chadian rebels backed by Libya was responsible for the explosion ; in 1999 a French court convicted six Libyans, including the former Libyan intelligence chief, Abdullah Senussi, in absentia, of planning and implementing the attack.

He fled Liberia, was arrested in 1984 in Massachusetts on a Liberian warrant for extradition, and jailed in Massachusetts ; escaped from jail in 1985, and probably fled to Libya.

In 1969 the revolutionary government officially changed the regional designation of Tripolitania to Western Libya, of Cyrenaica to Eastern Libya, and of Fezzan to Southern Libya ; however, the old names were intimately associated with the history of the area, and during the 1970s they continued to be used frequently.

Demographics of Libya, Data of FAO, year 2006 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

An attempt to reinstate civilian rule was abandoned after the above-mentioned Moroccan-sponsored coup attempt nearly brought down the regime ; foreign-backed plots also involved Persian Gulf countries and Libya, and the country several times appeared to be under military threat from Morocco.

The languages extend through 17 nations in the northern half of Africa: from Algeria to Benin in west ; from Libya to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the center ; and from Egypt to Tanzania in the east.

Britain followed a different model in the Middle East ; it installed local monarchies in several colonies and mandates including Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen and Libya.

* ethanol ( ethyl alcohol, commonly referred to as simply alcohol, produced through fermentation by yeast in alcoholic beverages such as wine and beer ) – legal but regulated in most parts of the world, and illegal in several Muslim countries such as Pakistan, Libya, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia ; not consumed by members of some religions.

* 2012 – The first day of a series of protests and attacks ; in which the U. S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths, including J. Christopher Stevens ; the U. S. ambassador to Libya.

* April 5 – 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing: The West Berlin discothèque, a known hangout for United States soldiers, is bombed, killing 3 and injuring 230 ; Libya is held responsible.

** John McCarthy is kidnapped in Beirut ( released in August 1991 ) – 3 others are found dead ; Revolutionary Cells ( RZ ) claims responsibility in retaliation for the U. S. bombing of Libya.

** international: 5 submarine cables ; 2 satellite earth stations-Intelsat ( Atlantic Ocean ) and Arabsat ; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria and Libya ; participant in Medarabtel ; 2 international gateway digital switches

On April 15, 1986, Libya fired two Scuds at the Lampedusa navigation station on the island, in retaliation for the American bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi, and the alleged death of Colonel Gaddafi's adopted daughter.

The end came for the MV Mebo II when the owners sold their offshore station to Libya as a revolutionary radio station.

The Ottomans were at war with Italy for a year ( 29 September 1911 to 18 October 1912 ) over Libya after Italy had launched an invasion of Tripolitania.

In 1922, Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini launched his infamous " Riconquista " of Libya — the Roman Empire having done the original conquering 2000 years before.

The 11th Hussars took part in the British counterattack called Operation Compass that was launched against the Italian forces in Egypt and then Libya.

The U. S. Air Force component of the raid is the first U. S. bomber mission launched from British soil since 1945 ; refused permission to fly over France and Spain, the F-111s make a 2, 800-mile ( 4, 500-km ) flight down the Atlantic Ocean and across the Mediterranean Sea to reach Libya from England ; they must be refueled several times in the air and their round-trip flight takes 14 hours.

Reagan launched an air strike against Libya after it was found to have connections to a bombing in Berlin which killed two American soldiers.

Most recently it launched airstrikes on Libya again during the Libyan civil war of 2011.

In the mid-1980s, the US launched retaliatory attacks against Libya after the country's leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi, was implicated in terrorist attacks against US military bases.

On 15 April 1986, General Dynamics F-111 aircraft based at RAF Lakenheath and RAF Upper Heyford were launched against suspected terrorist targets in Libya, as part of Operation Eldorado Canyon.

In October 1911, Italy had launched an invasion against Ottoman Libya, but were unable to reach Misrata until June.

In 1911, Italy launched an invasion of the Ottoman vilayet of Tripolitania ( Trablus-i Garb, modern Libya ), starting the Italo-Turkish War.

In 2006, Al-Saadi Gaddafi and the Jamahiriya government launched a project to create a semi-autonomous city similar to Hong Kong in Libya, stretching 40 km between Tripoli and the Tunisian border.

On April 14, 1986, in response to acts of terrorism then believed, and now known, to have been sponsored by Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi — in particular, the Berlin discotheque bombing of April 6 — and against the backdrop of heightened tension and clashes between the Libyan and U. S. navies over Libya's disputed territorial water claims in the Gulf of Sidra, the United States launched a surprise attack on key facilities in Tripoli and other parts of Libya.

During this tour, forces under his command launched raids on Libya in defiance of Colonel / President Muammar Gaddafi's claim that Libya's territorial waters extended 200 miles into the Gulf of Sidra.

In September 1940, Italian forces stationed in Libya crossed the border and launched an invasion into Egypt.

A locally based Sahrawi national liberation movement, the Polisario Front launched a guerrilla war, with the crucial financial and logistical backing of Algeria and Libya ( under Gaddafi ), aiming to win independence of the territory under an " Arab Saharan republic ".

Initially based amongst exiles in Algeria and, especially, Libya, MPLA launched an armed campaign in June 1990.

The United Nations Democracy Fund ( UNDEF ) was established by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in July 2005 at the African Union Summit in Sirte, Libya, as a United Nations General Trust Fund under his authority. The Fund was launched by Prime Minister of world's largest deomocracy Shri Manmohan Singh and the then US President George Bush for promotion of democratic values Its primary purpose is to support democratization throughout the world.

Eirene was finally demolished by the MOD in a panic on the evening of 15 April 1986 a few hours before the US air-strikes against Libya some of which were launched from aircraft flying out from UK airbases.

* 1986 – In retaliation for the April 5 bombing in West Berlin that killed two U. S. servicemen, U. S. president Ronald Reagan orders major bombing raids against Libya, killing 60 people.

On 25 April 1963, the federal system of government was abolished and in line with this the name of the country was changed to the Kingdom of Libya to reflect the constitutional changes.

Al-Libi had been visited in April 2009 by a team from Human Rights Watch, who were reportedly " stunned " to discover al-Libi in Tripoli's Abu Salim prison during their fact-finding mission to Libya.

The NTC pledged to organize democratic elections by April 2012, and expects Libya to develop into a constitutional democracy by 2013.

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The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ) was proclaimed by Polisario on 28 February 1976, and Libya began to recognize the SADR as the legitimate government of Western Sahara starting 15 April 1980.

The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ) was proclaimed by Polisario on 28 February 1976, and Libya began to recognize the SADR as the legitimate government of Western Sahara starting 15 April 1980.

Septimius Severus was born on 11 April 145 at Leptis Magna ( in modern Libya ), son of Publius Septimius Geta and Fulvia Pia.

* April 15 – Libya and Syria recognize the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ).

On 11 April 1979 Kampala was captured and Amin fled with his remaining forces to Libya.

Even minor early heat waves can occur in March or April, during a Saharan dust event, whose main feature is the strong and hot katabatic wind from the south, which is a type of Sirokos ( σιρόκος ) and is called " Livas " ( i. e. the wind from Libya ) by the Greeks.

Code-named " Operation El Dorado Canyon ", comprised the joint United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps air-strikes against Libya on April 15, 1986.

* April 14 – 15 ( overnight ) – 18 United States Air Force F-111Fs of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing and a United States Navy force of 15 A-6E Intruders, six A-7E Corsair IIs, and six F / A-18 Hornets from the aircraft carriers,, and attack Libya in Operation El Dorado Canyon, with the loss of one F-111 and its two-man crew.

In April 2007, D. C. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy found Libya directly responsible for the bombing and presided over a three day bench trial from 13 August 2007 to 15 August 2007.

According to Giulio Andreotti ( the 42nd Prime Minister of Italy ) and Abdel Rahman Shalgham ( Libya's Foreign Minister from 2000 until 2009 ), Craxi was the person who phoned Muammar al-Gaddafi to warn him of the impending Operation El Dorado Canyon air-strikes against Libya on 15 April 1986, permitting Gaddafi and his family to evacuate their residence in the Bab al-Azizia compound moments before the bombs dropped.

( 36 variations on the Sergio Ortega song El pueblo unido jamás será vencido ), a set of virtuosic piano variations written as a companion piece to Beethoven's Diabelli Variations ; Coming Together, which is a setting of letters from Sam Melville, an inmate at Attica State Prison, at the time of the famous riots there ( 1971 ); North American Ballads ; Night Crossing with Fisherman ; Fougues ; Fantasia and Sonata ; The Price of Oil, and Le Silence des Espaces Infinis, both of which use graphical notation ; Les Moutons de Panurge ; and the Antigone-Legend, which features a principled opposition to the policies of the State, and which was premiered on the night that the United States bombed Libya in April 1986 ( ibid ).

Panzer-Regiment, and three newly-built Panzer IV Ausf Es were shipped to Libya between 10 and 14 April.

Shukri Mohammed Ghanem () ( 9 October 1942 – 29 April 2012 ) was a Libyan politician who was the General Secretary of the General People's Committee of Libya ( prime minister ) from June 2003 until March 2006 when, in the first major government re-shuffle in over a decade, he was replaced by his deputy, Baghdadi Mahmudi.

* Libya — Idris I ( 1890 – 1983 ) ( Sayyid Muhammad Idris as-Sanusi, heir of a Muslim sect's dynasty ) reigned as Malik al-Mamlaka al-Libiyya al-Muttahida (" King of the United Libyan Kingdom ") from 24 December 1951 through 25 April 1963 and Malik al-Mamlaka al-Libiyya (" King of the Libyan Kingdom ") until 1 September 1969

Tanzania and the UNLA took Kampala in April 1979, and Amin fled by air, first to Libya and later to a permanent exile at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The division remained as part of the British Eighth Army to the end of World War II in 1945 during which it fought in the Battle of Greece ( March – April 1941 ), the Battle of Crete ( May 1941 ), Operation Crusader ( November – December 1941 ), Minqar Qaim ( June 1942 ), First Battle of El Alamein ( July 1942 ), Second Battle of El Alamein ( October – November 1942 ), Libya and Tunisia ( December 1942 – May 1943 ), the Sangro ( October – December 1943 ), Battle of Monte Cassino ( February – March 1944 ), Central Italy ( May – December 1944 ), and the Adriatic Coast ( April – May 1945 ).