Unemployment: 30% (2004 est.) Other Facts Libya has proven oil reserves estimated at 48.4 billion barrels, the most in Africa. Colonel Moammar Gadhafi ruled Libya from 1969 to 2011. In the 1970s and ...

(AP) – Facts about Libya’s Saturday election for a 200-member General National Congress, the first nationwide vote since the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi last year: _Eligible voters: 3.3 million.

EDITOR'S NOTE: An occasional look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don't tell the full story WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden has mangled a heaping helping of facts ...

THE FACTS: The weeklong international barrage has disabled Libya's air defenses, communications networks and supply chains. But Gadhafi's ground forces remain a potent threat to the rebels and ...

(Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi marks the 30th anniversary of his rule of the masses Jamahiriyah system on Friday. Here are some key facts on Gaddafi: * Gaddafi was born in 1942 in the Sirte ...

(CNN) — Here's some background information about Libya, an oil-rich country in North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea and Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Chad, Niger and Sudan. About Libya:(from the ...