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Algerian special forces have found the bodies of two Canadian Islamist fighters after a bloody siege at a desert gas plant, a security source said on Monday, as the death toll reached at least 80 after troops stormed the complex to end the hostage crisis.
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"I've had enough of Sudan and will go to Saudi Arabia," said Taha. " Taha, who has been working in an office accounts department for two years because he could not find a professional post, has just been hired as an engineer by a construction firm in Saudi Arabia- a move that will increase his salary sevenfold to 2,500 Saudi riyals a month.
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TRIPOLI, May 12- British oil company BP said it is withdrawing some non-essential staff from Libya after Britain's government warned about deteriorating security in the capital Tripoli. Despite concerns raised by international oil firms operating in the OPEC producer, Libya has said foreign security will not be allowed at its oil fields.
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ISTANBUL, May 11- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is considering ways to help small businesses in emerging Europe, including through direct lending, as the region suffers lacklustre growth, its president said on Saturday.
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TRIPOLI, May 9- Libya's central bank governor said on Thursday he expects the economy to grow 18 percent this year despite a deepening crisis threatening the government's ability to press ahead with its agenda.
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*Prime minister convinced defence minister to change mind* Ministries to be blocked until government quits- gunmen* Law banning ex-Gaddafi officials could cripple government By Ghaith Shennib and Jessica Donati.
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*Army chief could also resign on Tuesday- PM source. TRIPOLI, May 7- Libya's defence minister resigned on Tuesday in protest at a siege by gunmen of two government ministries, a stark sign of the young democracy's weakness two years after the revolution that overthrew dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
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TRIPOLI, May 7- Libya's army chief of staff will make an "important decision" together with the prime minister on Tuesday, a defence ministry spokesman said, denying media reports that the head of the armed forces had quit.
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TRIPOLI, May 7- Libya's defence minister resigned on Tuesday in protest at a siege by gunmen of two government ministries that he denounced as an assault on democracy almost two years after the fall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
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TRIPOLI, May 7- Libya's defence minister on resigned on Tuesday in protest at a siege by gunmen of two government ministries that he denounced as an assault on democracy.
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By Ghaith Shennib and Jessica Donati. TRIPOLI, May 7- Libya's defence minister quit on Tuesday only to reverse himself soon afterward, the prime minister's office said, and gunmen pledged to keep two ministries under siege in a crisis pointing to a security breakdown in the young democracy.
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TRIPOLI, May 6- Gunmen refused to give up control of two ministries in Libya's capital on Monday, even after Libya's parliament caved in to their demand and banned any senior official under dictator Muammar Gaddafi from holding government posts.
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By Ghaith Shennib and Jessica Donati. TRIPOLI, May 5- Libya's parliament voted on Sunday to ban anyone who held a senior position during Muammar Gaddafi's 42- year rule from government, a move which could unseat the prime minister and other top officials regardless of their part in toppling the dictator.
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TRIPOLI, May 5- Libya's legislative assembly gathered on Sunday to vote on a law banning officials who worked for Muammar Gaddafi from the new administration, a step that could potentially force out the prime minister and other senior officials.
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TRIPOLI, May 5- Libya's legislative assembly gathered on Sunday to vote on a law banning officials who worked for Muammar Gaddafi from the new administration, a step that could potentially force out the prime minister and other senior officials.
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TRIPOLI, May 5- Libya's parliament passed a law on Sunday banning anyone who held a senior position during Muammar Gaddafi's 42- year rule from working for the new administration, a move that could force the prime minister to step down.
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*Gunmen remain in control of Foreign Ministry fourth day. Gunmen in heavily armed vehicles remained in control of Libya's Foreign Ministry for a fourth day on Wednesday, while the Justice Ministry was similarly surrounded on Tuesday and other institutions including the media have been targeted.
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*Tensions rising over campaign to oust militia from Tripoli. TRIPOLI, April 30- Armed men in pick-up trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns and rocket-launchers protested on the road outside Libya's justice ministry on Tuesday to press demands that former dictator Muammar Gaddafi's aides be barred from senior government posts.
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*Tensions rising over moves to oust militias from Tripoli. TRIPOLI, April 30- Armed groups in pick-up trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns and rocket-launchers surrounded Libya's justice ministry Tuesday to press demands for former aides to deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi to be barred from senior government posts.
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*Libya's fuel subsidies among most generous in world. The International Monetary Fund estimates over 14 percent of Libya's budget or about $7 billion will be swallowed up by subsidies for food and fuel, which the government says are ineffective because they encourage smuggling and fail to target those most in need of state help.
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*Tensions over moves to oust armed militias from Tripoli. Tension between the government and armed militias has been rising since authorities began a campaign to dislodge the gunmen from strongholds in the capital Tripoli to help curb lawlessness afflicting the oil-producing state since Gaddafi's demise.