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Sufi shrine in Tripoli destroyed by bombs

March 28, 2013 14:46
A 15th century Sufi leader's tomb in Tripoli was destroyed on Thursday in a triple bombing by unknown assailants, a security source said, months after a wave of similar attacks on Libyan shrines by radical Islamists. The tomb of Sidi Mohammed Landulsi, in the eastern suburb of Tajura, was targeted in the dawn blasts that blew away the back wall and caused a large section of the roof to collapse, an AFP photographer reported.

Libyan gas deliveries to Italy resume

March 10, 2013 10:31
Supplies of Libyan natural gas to Italy via the Greenstream pipeline have resumed after a week-long interruption caused by clashes between former rebels, the Mellitah Oil and Gas company said on Sunday. "The flow of gas to Italy resumed on Saturday at a normal rate," said a source at the company, which operates a gas complex that was evacuated on March 2 after an exchange of fire between armed groups nearby. Mellitah is a joint venture company owned equally by Italian energy group ENI and Libya's state-run National Oil Corporation.

UPDATE 1-Libya gas exports to Italy to resume "in next few days"

March 6, 2013 11:00
* Libyan gas flows to Italy halted Saturday * Libya said order had been restored at complex * Eni said Mellitah plant restarted on Monday (Recasts lead, adds detail) TRIPOLI, March 6 (Reuters) - Gas exports to Italy from Libya's Mellitah complex were expected to resume "in the next few days" after a stoppage on Saturday, the chairman of the joint venture between Libya's national oil firm and Italy's Eni said.

Clash halts Libyan gas delivery to Italy: officials

March 3, 2013 14:00
The delivery of Libyan gas to Italy via the Greenstream pipeline was halted on Sunday after a gunfight between former rebels near a gas complex in the west of the country, an official said. "The site was evacuated as a security measure after an exchange of fire between former rebels near the complex" on Saturday, Abdelfattah Sharkan, president of the board of Millitah Oil and Gas which operates the complex, told AFP.

Clash halts Libyan gas delivery to Italy: officials

March 3, 2013 13:00
The delivery of Libyan gas to Italy via the Greenstream pipeline was halted on Sunday after a gunfight between former rebels near a gas complex in the west of the country, an official said. "The site was evacuated as a security measure after an exchange of fire between former rebels near the complex" on Saturday, Abdelfattah Sharkan, president of the board of Millitah Oil and Gas which operates the complex, told AFP.

Strike keeps Libya's main oil refinery shut after fault -traders

January 28, 2013 12:15
LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Libya's main oil refinery, Ras Lanuf, remained offline on Monday due a workers' strike, after the 220,000 barrels per day plant was shut down last week due to a technical fault, traders said. A note was sent to clients in the afternoon to say that employees were not planning on returning to work until their demands were met; these included overtime pay and equal salaries for locals and foreign workers. (Reporting by Jessica Donati; Editing by Anthony Barker)
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