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Unemployment and British youth: Thomas’ uphill battle

In London, unemployment is in news coverage every week. With 22 percent of the 16-25 years olds looking for a job in 2012, that is more than a million Britons. Meeting with Thomas, 24, Londoner just hired, after months on the dole. Leather jacket, charming smile, the ginger sits. Joyful even when he recalls these […]

Libya Steps Up Anti-Money Laundering Strategy, narrows Legal Gaps

Authorities in Libya have renewed efforts to strengthen safeguards against financial crime, as the National Committee for Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing convened its first meeting of 2026 in Tripoli last week. The meeting, chaired by Central Bank Governor Naji Mohammed Issa, brought together representatives from government, judicial, security and regulatory institutions to assess […]

Obama urges Gulf countries to cooperate, not to fuel Libyan war  

President Obama has called on Gulf counties to be more cooperative in Libya in order to end the war because military action will not be enough. The war between the two rival governments has been going on alongside negotiations. Groups who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State have also begun operations in the country […]