Libyan writer arrested over Lockerbie bombing documents
Libyan writer and politician Samir Shegwara has been arrested on national security charges after publishing documents that allegedly link Libya’
A month-long oil shutdown in Libya looks set to end within days after rival political factions agreed to appoint a new central bank governor this week, while crude loadings looked to have resumed at a key export terminal. Naji Essa has been nominated to lead the key institution, which takes receipt of Libya's lifeblood oil revenues, on an interim basis, officials from Libya's eastern and western governments said at a signing ceremony organized by the UN mission in Libya, which brokered the talks.
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