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Libya’s eastern government holds conference on reconstruction of coastal city destroyed by floods
A worker cleans a house affected by fatal floods, in Derna, Libya, September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
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Evening Update: Libya’s former ambassador arrested after divulging details about Gadhafi assets in Canada
Fathi Baja, who was the Libyan ambassador to Canada between 2013 and 2017, in Benghazi, Libya, on May 22, 2011.
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Libya’s former ambassador arrested after divulging details about Gadhafi assets in Canada
Fathi Baja, head of the political committee of the National Transitional Council, visits the square next to the courthouse in Benghazi, Libya Sunday, May 22, 2011. The European Union established formal diplomatic contact with the opposition seeking to topple Moammar Gadhafi on Sunday by opening an office in the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi and promised support for a democratic Libya. (AP Photo/Wissam Saleh)
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Southern EU nations urge for new migration and asylum deal, beefed-up surveillance
Participants into the Malta Mediterranean Summit pose for a family photo at Castille Square in Valletta, Malta, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. The leaders of nine southern European Union countries met in Malta on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, to discuss common challenges such as migration, the EU's management of which has vexed national governments in Europe for years. (AP Photo/Rene Rossignaud)
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Ancient structures in Libya revealed by devastating floods
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Libya’s top prosecutor orders detention of eight officials as part of probe into dams’ deadly collapse
Egyptian rescuers continue searching for bodies in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

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Seven GardaWorld employees held for nearly two months after arrest by Libyan militia
GardaWorld company headquarters is seen Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, in Montreal. Seven employees of Montreal-based security giant GardaWorld languished in detention for nearly two months after their arrest earlier this year by a powerful Libyan militia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Libya demonstrations turn flood aftermath into political storm
People gather for a demonstration outside the surviving Al-Sahaba mosque in Libya's eastern city of Derna on September 18, 2023, as they protest against government neglect to the two dams which broke and led to the deadly flash floods that hit the city the prior week. A week after a tsunami-sized flash flood devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, the international aid effort to help the grieving survivors slowly gathered pace. The enormous flood, fuelled by torrential rains on September 10, had broken through two upstream dams and sent a giant wave crashing down the previously dry river bed, or wadi, that bisects the city of about 100,000 people. (Photo by Hussam AHMED / AFP) (Photo by HUSSAM AHMED/AFP via Getty Images)
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Warnings that dams in Libya’s Derna may burst went unheeded for years
Construction workers build a bridge linking the Eastern and Western parts of Derna, which was divided by a dam collapse following recent flooding caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel, in Derna, Libya, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Muhammad J. Elalwany)
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Libya investigates dams’ collapse after devastating flood last weekend killed more than 11,000
People search for flood victims in Derna, Libya, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. Search teams are combing streets, wrecked buildings, and even the sea to look for bodies in Derna, where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed thousands of people. (AP Photo/Ricardo Garcia Vilanova)
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Libyan Canadians grieve, search for news of missing loved ones in aftermath of Tropical Storm Daniel
Libyan researcher Ayat Mneina, poses for a photograph at home in Brantford, Friday Sept. 15, 2023. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Canada announces $5 million in aid for Libya flood victims as death toll mounts
<div>Canada is announcing $5 million for international groups helping people in Libya displaced by disastrous flooding. People search for flood victims in Derna, Libya, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ricardo Garcia Vilanova</div>
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Searchers look for more than 10,000 missing in flooded Libyan city where death toll eclipsed 11,000
TOPSHOT - Cars are piled up atop wave breakers and the rubble of a building destroyed in flash floods after the Mediterranean storm "Daniel" hit Libya's eastern city of Derna, on September 14, 2023. A global aid effort for Libya gathered pace on September 14 after a tsunami-sized flash flood killed at least 4,000 people, with thousands more missing, a death toll the UN blamed in part on the legacy of years of war and chaos. (Photo by Abdullah DOMA / AFP) (Photo by ABDULLAH DOMA/AFP via Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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After Libya floods, a chaotic scramble for rescuers
SOUSSAH, LIBYA - SEPTEMBER 14: General view of the city of Soussah following floods on September 14, 2023 in Soussah, Libya. Heavy rains brought by Storm Daniel caused two dams to burst and wiped out entire neighbourhoods in eastern Libya along the country's Mediterranean coast, with officials placing death tolls in the thousands, whilst man more are unaccounted for. (Photo by Mohamed Shalash/Getty Images)
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Death toll soars to 11,300 in flooding in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, Libyan Red Crescent says
Aerial view of Derna city, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Ayman Al-Sahili
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Frantic search to recover bodies as Libya flood deaths top 5,000
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Morning Update: Thousands dead or missing in Libya flooding as entire neighbourhoods swept out to sea
People walk through debris after a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hit Libya, in Derna, Libya, September 12, 2023 in this still image from video obtained from social media.
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Searchers race to recover bodies in Libya as death toll from flooding hits 5,100
A man stands next to a damaged car, after a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hit Libya, in Derna, Libya September 12, 2023. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
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10,000 dead or missing in Libya flooding as entire neighbourhoods swept out to sea
General view of Derna city, following a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hitting the country, in Libya September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Dramatic footage shows torrent of floodwater tearing through Libyan city
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In photos: Libya floods wipe out quarter of city, 10,000 feared missing
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An aerial view of the city of Derna, Libya
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Eastern Libya authorities say 2,000 dead in flood, thousands missing
This handout picture provided by the office of Libya's Benghazi-based interim prime minister on September 11, 2023 shows a view of a destroyed vehicle by damaged buildings in the eastern city of Derna, about 290 kilometres east of Benghazi, in the wake of the Mediterranean storm "Daniel". At least 150 people were killed when freak floods hit eastern Libya, officials said on September 11, after the storm's torrential rains battered Turkey, Bulgaria, and Greece. (Photo by The Press Office of Libyan Prime Minister / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO /MEDIA OFFICE OF LIBYAN PRIME MINISTER (BENGHAZI)" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS === (Photo by -/The Press Office of Libyan Prime/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canada’s EV transition, Gadhafi’s billions and the vanishing single-family home: Must-read business and investing stories
Components of electric vehicle battery trays are welded at Magna's Heart Lake production facility, where they are currently manufacturing battery enclosures for Ford F-150s, in Brampton, Ont., Thursday Aug. 3, 2023. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Morning Update: Gadhafi stashed billions in Canadian bank accounts, says former diplomat
FILE - In this Sept. 8 2010 file photo, then Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi attends a ceremony in Tripoli. The country slid into chaos after the 2011 uprising, in which rebels overthrew and killed Gadhafi and looted his vast arsenal. Libya’s various militias, many of which are little more than criminal gangs, are mobilizing to fight over the capital after the forces of self-styled Libyan National Army, led by Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, launched a surprise offensive to retake Tripoli on April 5, 2019 from the transitional government supported by U.N. and Western nations led by Fayez Sarraj. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid Al Fergany, File)
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Moammar Gadhafi stashed billions in Canadian bank accounts, former diplomat says
ADVANCE FOR PUBLICATION ON TUESDAY, APR. 16, AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Sept. 8 2010 file photo, then Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi attends a ceremony in Tripoli. The country slid into chaos after the 2011 uprising, in which rebels overthrew and killed Gadhafi and looted his vast arsenal. Libya’s various militias, many of which are little more than criminal gangs, are mobilizing to fight over the capital after the forces of self-styled Libyan National Army, led by Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, launched a surprise offensive to retake Tripoli on April 5, 2019 from the transitional government supported by U.N. and Western nations led by Fayez Sarraj. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid Al Fergany, File)
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Feds try to reclaim $347-million insurance payout to Suncor linked to Libya unrest
A Suncor Energy Inc. logo is shown at the company's annual meeting in Calgary on Thursday, April 27, 2017. The federal government is trying to reclaim $347 million in insurance paid to Suncor in the wake of political unrest in Libya. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh