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Libya

• ***LIBYA -- Online News (See below)
  
  
• African Development Bank Group on Libya (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
  A few press releases on recent ADB--Libyan talks. 
  
  
• Amnesty International on Libya--Profile and Updates (New York)
  
  
• Centre for Libyan Studies (Oxford, UK)
  
  
  
• CIA World Factbook on Libya (See below)
  
  
• Communauté des Etats Sahélo-Sahariens = Community of Sahel-Saharan States (Tripoli, Libye ; via UN Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  
  
• Constitution of Libya, 1969 (1992) and Declaration of 1977 (Axel Tschentscher, International Constitutional Law, Universität Bern, Switzerland)
  
  
• Country Profile: Libya (2005) (United States, Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, Washington, DC) PDF format
  
  
• Development Gateway Country Overview on Libya Arab Jamahiriya (Washington, DC)
  A clearinghouse of links to a wide variety of organizational websites with economic data. Originally founded by The World Bank, the DG has been an "independent", donor-funded organization since 2001.
  
  
• Directory of Development Organizations: Libya (2008) (Bert Wesselink, The Netherlands?) PDF format.
  
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization, Aquastat Programme: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (2005) (Rome, Italy)
  Water resources and their significance in agriculture and rural development.
  
  
• The Green Book (Kitab al-akhdar) by Muammar al-Qaddafi (via GeoCities.Com)
  
  
• Human Rights Internet: UN Human Rights System, For the Record -- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
  A small selection of treaties, other documents, and related links are available from this website.
  1997  | 1998  | 1999  | 2000  | 2001  | 2002  | 2003 
  
  
• International Bureau of Education = Bureau de l'Education International: Libya (UNESCO, Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Documents & resources (Reports and statistics)
  • The development of education in the Great Jamahiriya: a national report presented to the International Conference on Education, 2001 (Libya, National Commission for Education, Culture and Science. 46th Session of the International Conference on Education, Geneva, 5-8 September, 2001) PDF format.
  
  
• Languages of Libya Ethnologue. (Online) (SIL International, Dallas, Texas)
  
  
• Leptis Magna (Tripolitania) on the Web
  
  • Leptis Magna.Com (USA)
    "Lepcis Magna or Leptis Magna, an ancient city along the Mediterranean Sea, located near the modern-day city of Al Khums in Libya. The city began as a trading port for the ancient people of Phoenicia around 1000 BC and then became part of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. Lepcis was the most easterly of the three cities that gave the North African region of Tripolitania its name."
  • Lepcis Magna -- The Roman Empire in Africa (UK)
  
  
• Libya: a country study. (Online) Area Handbook (Washington, DC: Federal Research Div., Library of Congress, US Dept. of the Army, 1987)
  
  
• Libya Special Weapons (John Pike, Federation of American Scientists, Washington, DC)
  
  
• Libya Web Page (MENIC, University of Texas, Austin)
  
  
• Libya Web Page (University of Pennsylvania)
  
  
• Marweb -- Libya online Directory and Search Engine (Fez, Morocco)
  See also: Arabic -or- French versions.
  
  
• Online News -- Libya
  
  • AllAfrica.Com News on Libya (AllAfrica Global Media, Washington, DC)
    Current news summaries on Libya in English or French from regional news services, the Pan African News Agency (PANA), and other sources. Warning: access to articles more than 30 days old requires a subscription.
    
    
  • Libya Our Home (Ibrahim Ighneiwa)
    This site offers news headlines, briefs, and commentaries in English (and links to Arabic news) from a wide variety of sources; with an archive of briefs and opinions since 1997.
    
    
  • Marweb -- Libya News and Media Links (Fez, Morocco)
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• Personal history of Muammar Qaddafi (via Counter-Terrorism Page)
  
  
• UNDP on the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (United Nations Development Programme, New York)
  
  
• UN Economic Commission for Africa -- National Information and Communications Infrastructure for Sustainable Development in Africa: Libya, 1999 (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  General background, Internet connectivity data, and project information.
  
  
• UNFPA--United Nations Population Fund: Libya Country Profile (New York)
  
  
• United States Agencies on Libya (Washington, DC)
  
  • United States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics:
    -- US-Libya Trade Balance, 1992--
    -- US International Trade Statistics: Libya, 1996-- (Search)
    Note: The US government recently chose to remove figures for 1997-99 from this site.
    
    
  • United States. Central Intelligence Agency:
    The World Factbook: Libya (2008)
    
    
  • United States. Department of State. Libya Country Report on Human Rights Practices: 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007
    
    
  • United States. Department of State on Libya (prior to 2001)
    
    
  • United States. Commercial Service: Recent documents on Libya economy (International Trade Administration)