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By far the predominant religion in Libya is Islam with 97% of the population associating with the faith. The vast majority of Libyan Muslims adhere to Sunni Islam, which provides both a spiritual guide for individuals and a keystone for government policy, but a conspicuous minority (between 5 and 10%) adheres to Ibadism (a branch of Kharijism), above all in the Jebel Nefusa and the town of Zuwarah. This minority, both linguistic and religious, suffers from a lack of consideration by the official authorities.
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Libya's economy under the current Prime Minister (Ghanem) is undergoing an incredible business boom. Many socialist era government run industries are being privatized. UN sanctions have been mostly lifted (2004) and US sanctions are too. For example, Continental airlines now offers code-share travel to Libya.
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If Libya reaches 2 million bbl/d in oil production capacity, this would take the country back to a level it has not seen since the late 1970s. During that decade, Libya's revolutionary government imposed tough terms on producing companies, leading to a slide in oilfield investments and oil production – from 3.3 million bbl/d in 1970 to 1.5 million bbl/d in 1975, before rising again to 2.1 million bbl/d in 1979. During the 1980s, Libyan oil production averaged around 1.2 million bbl/d, rising to around 1.4 million bbl/d in the 1990s.
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Libya continues to block Internet content related to political opposition, content critical of the government, and Web sites that advocate the rights of the minority group Amazigh (Berbers). This censorship of political content persists despite a trend toward greater openness and increasing freedom of the press.
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Uranium enrichment equipment and technology was ... sought by Libya during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1973, Libya tried to purchase 20 calutrons to enrich uranium from the French company Thomson-CSF. The deal, apparently supported by top company officials, was blocked by the French government because of the obvious use enrichment technology would have to an undeclared nuclear weapons program.[18] Later, in the 1980s, a foreign expert began a research and design program at the Tajura Nuclear Research Center in Libya aimed at producing gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment.[19] The foreign expert was reportedly a former employee of a German firm.[20] However, Libya has told the IAEA that by the time the foreign expert concluded his work in 1992, Libya was not yet able to produce an operating centrifuge, and no centrifuge experiments involving nuclear materials had been conducted. However, technical expertise useful for the next stage of centrifuge development and design had been acquired.[21] According to the IAEA, after the German expert left, the uranium enrichment program lost momentum, and was not reinvigorated until after 1995.[22]
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Friday, 6 April, 2007: Five hundred Nigerians were deported from Libya. This is coming just two weeks after the Libyan government ... repatriated 113 Nigerians for offences ranging from immigration and drug. Also last week, the U.S. government deported 75 Nigerians for drug as well as immigration-related offences. According to the sources, majority of the deportees are being repatriated by Libya because they were involved in criminal activities. [Vanguard]
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