Libya's 1985 expulsion of Tunisian workers and military threats led Tunisia to sever relations.

Similar sentiment led the party to back Libya's Muammar Gaddafi following the 2011 military intervention in Libya by NATO.

Gaddafi was instrumental in negotiations that led to Libya's abandoning a weapons of mass destruction programme in 2002 – 2003.

This approach to sport led to most of Libya's stadiums being open only during military parades, and any kind of wrestling being strictly prohibited.

The LSE Students ' Union led demonstrations and occupations, one of the Director's office, in protest to LSE's ties to Libya's Gaddafi regime.

They were destined for the General People's Committee for Public Security, effectively Libya's Ministry of the Interior.

The National Transitional Council has pledged to honour Libya's international commitments until the 2012 elections.

After Bokassa's creation of the Council for the Central African Revolution ( in imitation of Libya's government council ), Patassé was named a member of the Council of the Revolution with the rank of Prime Minister in charge of Posts and Communications, Tourism, Water, Forests, Hunting and Fishing, as well as Custodian of the Seats of State ( September 4, 1976 – December 14, 1976 ).

" Following the adoption by the General Assembly of resolution 66 / 1, the Permanent Mission of Libya to the United Nations formally notified the United Nations of a Declaration by the National Transitional Council of 3 August 2011 changing the official name of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to " Libya " as well as a decision to change Libya's national flag to the original.

On 17 July 2007, Libya's High Judicial Council, its highest judicial body, announced that the sentences would be converted to life imprisonment.

According to unknown sources, the ring supposedly came into possession of Libya's King Idris, who was overthrown by in 1969 by Muammar al-Gaddafi and his Revolutionary Command Council.

Gaddafi was the first head of state to recognize the new regime, and he also signed treaties of friendship and cooperation on various levels ; but regarding the Aouzou Strip Déby followed his predecessor, declaring that if necessary he would fight to keep the strip out of Libya's hands.

The Navy has always been the smallest of Libya's services and has always been dependent on foreign sources for equipment, spare parts, and training.

Gaddafi was the first head of state to recognize the new regime, and he also signed treaties of friendship and cooperation on various levels ; but regarding the Aouzou Strip Déby followed his predecessor, declaring that if necessary he would fight to keep the strip out of Libya's hands.

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.

Tobruk or Tubruq ( Ţubruq ; also transliterated as Tóbruch, Tobruch, Ţubruq, Tobruck and Tubruk ) is a port city on Libya's eastern Mediterranean coast, near the border with Egypt.

On 21 March, the flag was flown by the Permanent Mission of Libya to the United Nations and appeared on their official website, and thereafter in late August by the Arab League and by Libya's own telecommunications authority, the Libya Telecom & Technology, on its own website.

Libya's Qadhafi sent 3, 000 troops to aid Amin, but the Libyans soon found themselves on the front line, while behind them Ugandan Army units were using supply trucks to carry their newly plundered wealth in the opposite direction.

However after Libya's crackdown on anti-government protesters in early 2011, the United Nations enacted an international arms embargo on Libya resulting in the cancellation of Russian arms deals.

* As Sawani, 21 km north of the city of ‘ Aziziya, on the road to Tripoli, and former storage site of Libya's modular " Uranium Conversion Facility " and uranium separation centrifuge.

Kufra's location in Libya's southeast places it on the country's border with Egypt, Sudan ( unlike any other Libyan district ), and Chad.

On May 16, 2006 she summarized her investigations on U. S. foreign policy regarding Libya's dismantling of its weapons programs in an essay spanning two days.

In a program which aired on Libya's Al-Jamahiriya TV on May 29, 2011 ( as translated by MEMRI ), Dumas sharply criticzed Sarkozy, stating that the only thing I know French Leaders is that they have gone crazy.

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.

Despite this setback, Libya's performances improved as the tournament went on ; they went on to secure a 2 – 2 draw with Zambia in terrible conditions at the Estadio de Bata, before a brace from Ihaab al Bousseffi guided them to a famous 2 – 1 victory over Senegal, their first Nations Cup win in 30 years and a first on foreign soil.

Libya's last clash with Morocco was at the 2006 African Nations Cup, where it finished goalless ( However, Libya also recently contested a fiery two-legged play-off tie for the 2009 African Championship of Nations, which Libya won 4 – 3 on aggregate ).

In 2003, he published a report critical of Libya's record on human rights.

Gaddafi was involved in negotiating compensation from Libya's former colonial power, Italy, and on 30 August 2008 a Friendship, Partnership and Cooperation Agreement was signed in Benghazi by his father and Italy's prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.

An international team of lawyers representing the interests of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi wrote to US leaders demanding that he be protected from assassination and holding the United States and NATO responsible for the Libyan leader's " brutal assassination " and repeated attacks on Libya's civilian population

* March 25 – British prime minister Tony Blair visits Libyan leader Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, in return for the dismantling of Libya's weapons of mass destruction programme in December 2003 ( the first time a major western leader had visited the nation in several decades ).

Both airlines are to merge by the first half of 2013, according to Libya's current Interim Transport Minister Yousef el-Uheshi – 12 to 13 months after negotiations are expected to resume in March 2012.

In March 2006, Ghanem was appointed Chairman of Libya's NOC.

* 9 March 2007: Bulgarian media quote Libyan Foreign Affairs Committee Secretary Suleiman Shahoumi as saying in Libya's General People's Congress that the medics would not be executed even if the court upheld their sentence.

After the 1969 coup, U. S .- Libyan relations became increasingly strained because of Libya's foreign policies supporting international terrorism and subversion against moderate Arab and African governments.

Fathi Eljahmi () ( 4 April 1941-21 May 2009 ) was Libya's " most prominent democratic dissident " until his death, and received significant international attention.

Libya's national team was first initiated in 1918, but did not play an official international until 3 August 1953, when they defeated Palestine 5 – 2 in the first Pan Arab Games in 1953.

Libya's second African Cup of Nations saw a return to the higher levels of the international footballing scene at the 2006 African Cup of Nations finals in Egypt.

At the same time, to improve Libya's international prestige, huge sums were spent on creating a well-equipped modern army.

In a joint diplomatic mission with the United Kingdom's MI6 head of counter terrorism Sir Mark Allen, the pair engaged with Libya's secret service head ( Moussa Koussa, who later deflected to UK ), which resulted in an end of support for terrorist activity by Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi ’ s Libya, and a resultant end of international sanctions against Libya.

* Citing Libya's support of international terrorism, the United States ordered the closure of the Libyan Embassy in Washington, D. C ..

Libya's chemical program was completely abandoned on December 19, 2003 along with their other weapons of mass destruction programs as part of a program to get sanctions lifted and normalize relations with foreign governments.

The Arab League also endorsed Libya's right to compensation for the damage done to its economy by UN sanctions which were in force from 1991 until 1999.