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Libya: Lifting
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Occidental's assets in Libya (at Intisar-103) reportedly were producing around 85,000-100,000 bbl/d in 2004, down from 660,000 bbl/d in 1970 and 155,000 bbl/d in 1986. In December 2004, Occidental proposed to invest $2 billion in developing the fields.
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Three years after the raid, defense officials told the family that Libya was turning over Lorence's remains, but they were wrong. The remains that washed up on Libyan shores three weeks after the raid belonged to Ribas-Dominicci, the pilot.
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Had Libya accepted to have had the scientific evidence heard in court, the prosecution case would have collapsed like a pack of cards. But if as was most likely, it refused to do so, it would ... expose with clarity that the trial was anything but fair, and provide a fulcrum, a focus, to leverage public opinion, and consequently political opinion.
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Military Service: Libya has selective conscription for 3–4 years. According to 2004 data, of the 76,000 active personnel, an estimated 38,000 are conscripts. The estimated military manpower availability for males age 15–19 is 1,588,533.
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Libya is almost only desert. Even the coastal areas are quite dry. There is very little forest, and the only true exceptions are in the mountain ranges in the northwest and east of Benghazi.
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Prior to the sanctions regime, Libya provided arms to rebel groups in Western Sahara and the Philippines. Several countries seek to resume trade with Libya, but some commodities for sale, including fast patrol boats and night-vision technology, raise eyebrows.
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