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Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan speaks during a news conference in Tripoli February 7, 2014. Zeidan appealed for Libyans to avoid violence in settling a standoff over their interim parliament, whose mandate was due to run out on Friday with the country deeply divided over its future. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny
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Egypt’s Army Chief Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, right, meets with Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan at the Ministry of Defense headquarters in Cairo in this February 1, 2014 picture provided by Egypt’s Ministry of Defense. (Reuters/Egypt’s Ministry of Defense/Handout via Reuters)
Egypt government reshuffle expected to allow Sisi to run for president
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian interim Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi has said an upcoming and widely-expected government reshuffle may affect three ministries, including Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s Defense Ministry, in another strong hint that Sisi intends...Caption:
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan speaks during a press conference on January 22, 2014 in the capital Tripoli. Zeidan vowed on January 21 to stay at his post, as Islamist ministers quit in protest at persistent lawlessness that saw him briefly abducted last year. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA
Libya: Government is on the verge of bankruptcy—source
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Libyan interim government could face bankruptcy as public revenues continue to shrink as the suspension of oil production and exports continues, according to a source in the Ministry of Finance. The Ministry of Finance official, who spoke to...Caption:
Libyan protestors hold placards as they demonstrate against the extended mandate of the General National Congress, the country’s highest political authority, in Tripoli’s Martyr square, on January 3, 2014 (AFP PHOTO /MAHMUD TURKIA)
Libya budget crisis looms as oil strikes wipe out finances
Tripoli, Reuters—As strikes at Libyan oil ports run into their sixth month, reducing government income to a trickle, a budget crisis could be just around the corner for a country wearily accustomed to chaos since the popular revolt that ousted Muammar Gaddafi. The...Caption:
Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of the Prime Minister’s Office in Tripoli October 20, 2013 (REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny)