Gaddafi

Libyan congress

This Libyan businessman paints a bleak picture of life in Libya now

Alaeddin Muntasser owns an oil and energy services company in Libya. He says daily life in the country has turned into nothing short of a nightmare.

Libyan congress

This Libyan businessman paints a bleak picture of life in Libya now

The hottest temperature ever recorded in the world was at Furnace Creek, in California's Death Valley. (Photo: Wiki Commons)

Where in the World has the Hottest Temperature Been Recorded?

Environment

Comedians bid farewell to Kim Jong Il, a popular foe

Libyan government trying to recover assets from toppled dictator Gaddafi

Libya’s schools trying to reform pro-Gadhafi curriculum

With Moammar Gadhafi out of power, efforts turn to reforming the systems he built, not the least of which is Libya’s schools. The national curriculum, very pro-Gadhafi, is being revised to be more accurate.

Libyan Gunmen Continue Siege at Ministries, Rocking Fragile Government

Conflict & Justice

Armed groups that helped overturn Muammar Gaddafi two years ago are pressuring for more regime change. As New York Times correspondent David Kirkpatrick explains to anchor Marco Werman, the gunmen are demanding that some Gaddafi-era ministers step down.

Libyan Who Helped Capture Gaddafi is Killed

Global Politics

One of the men who captured Colonel Gaddafi was buried today. Omran Ben Shabaan died violently, from injuries he received at the hands of Gaddafi loyalists. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Borzou Daragahi of the Financial Times, in Benghazi.

Fencing Makes a Comeback in Libya

Sports

For the Geo Quiz we are looking for the largest city in a North African country where fencing is enjoying a resurgence.

The World

Fostering the Arts in Post-Gaddafi Libya

Global Politics

Poet Khaled Mattawa was born in Benghazi, but has been in the United States since he was 15. Mattawa just returned from a visit to Tripoli and talks to Lisa Mullins about his hopes for a resurgence of the arts and artistic freedom in post-Gaddafi Libya.