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The students who sat the Leaving Cert in 50°C desert heat

Many of this year’s Leaving Cert students are preparing to take up their third level courses. Some are holding out for third or fourth round offers, others are going back to the drawing board in terms of looking at alternative career paths. Most are ...

24 Sept 2022 at 18:33

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Libyan factions urged to refrain from violence and pursue framework

The UN’s top official for Libya urged the country’s divided factions to refrain from violence and agree on a framework for the future. Libya is being pulled apart again, with two rival governments claiming power after tentative steps towards unity ...

04 Mar 2022 at 15:55

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US returns smuggled ancient artefacts to Libya

The United States has returned a cache of smuggled ancient artefacts to Libya as the Mediterranean country struggles to protect its heritage against the backdrop of years of war and unrest. The repatriated items include two sculptures dating to ...

31 Mar 2022 at 19:55

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‘At least 15 killed’ after blaze on migrant ship

A spokesman for Libya’s Red Crescent has said that at least 15 people have been killed after an apparent fire broke out aboard a migrant ship off Libya’s western coast. Tawfiek Al Shukri said local authorities had informed the aid group of ...

07 Oct 2022 at 19:27

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13 dead as clashes shake Libya’s capital

Deadly clashes broke out on Saturday in Libya’s capital between militias backed by its two rival administrations, warning of a return to violence amid a long political stalemate. At least 13 civilians were killed and more than 95 wounded, ...

27 Aug 2022 at 22:22

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Libya PM admits role in extraditing Lockerbie suspect to US

One of Libya’s rival prime ministers has admitted that his government was involved in the extradition to the US of a former Libyan intelligence officer accused of making the bomb that downed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in ...

15 Dec 2022 at 21:58

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Libya militia ‘held Lockerbie suspect before handover to US’

A powerful militia was involved in the clandestine detention and questioning of a suspect in the 1988 downing of a New York-bound Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, according to Libyan officials. At around midnight in mid-November, ...

17 Dec 2022 at 21:09

World

UN says at least 55 migrants drown in shipwreck off Libya

A boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants sank off the coast of Libya and at least 55 people drowned, including women and children, the UN migration agency said. It was the latest tragedy in this part of the Mediterranean Sea, a ...

26 Apr 2023 at 15:33

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Prosecutors bid to put Sarkozy in the dock over Gaddafi campaign funds

French prosecutors are seeking to send former president Nicolas Sarkozy and 12 others to trial on charges that his 2007 presidential campaign received millions in illegal financing from the government of late Libyan leader, Muammar ...

11 May 2023 at 21:59

Hundreds of flooding victims buried in eastern Libya

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Hundreds of bodies found in Libyan coastal city hit by flooding

More than 700 victims of flooding have been buried in Libya’s eastern city of Derna as rescue teams search for up to 10,000 people who have been reported missing. Authorities earlier estimated that as many as 2,000 people may have ...

12 Sept 2023 at 11:29

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More than 3.1 million people displaced by Sudan conflict, says UN

The raging conflict in Sudan has driven more than 3.1 million people from their homes, including some 700,000 who have fled to neighbouring countries, the United Nations said on Wednesday, amid growing concerns that the country ...

12 Jul 2023 at 12:08

World

Three jailed for people trafficking by court in Libya

A court in the Libyan capital has sentenced three people to harsh prison terms on charges of people trafficking, in the first such ruling in a nation where migrants are routinely mistreated. The Criminal Court of Tripoli ...

08 Jul 2023 at 12:54

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