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The Fourfold Remedy by John Sellars review – the secret of happiness Is mental tranquillity the answer? And how can we integrate an Ancient Greek philosopher’s teachings into modern life? The Philosopher’s Garden, Athens, colored engraving. after Antal Strohmayer. Photograph: Lanmas/Alamy The Philosopher’s Garden, Athens, colored engraving. after Antal Strohmayer. Photograph: Lanmas/Alamy EdithHall Fri 8 Jan 2021 02.30 EST Last modified on Wed 27 Jan 2021 10.54 EST Last year...

Political manoeuvres in Libya’s south-east risk dividing Cyrenaica Recent statements have raised suspicion among observers who believe there is an attempt to separate White Cyrenaica from Red Cyrenaica, which has been accused of monopolising power and oil revenue. Friday 08/01/2021 Libyans wavin their national flag in Benghazi. (AFP) TRIPOLI – Anger has been boiling in the Libyan south-eastern region that includes the cities of Sirte, Ajdabiya up to Kufra, an area that was called Cyrenaic...

Show more Amid the anarchy of post-Revolution Libya, seven brothers from an obscure background gradually took over their home town near Tripoli. Theyre accused of murdering entire families to instill fear and to build power and wealth. They created their own militia which threw in its lot, at different times, with various forces in Libyas ongoing conflict. And they grew rich by levying taxes on the human and fuel traffickers crossing their territory. Now, the full horror of thei...

How six brothers - and their lions - terrorised a Libyan town BBC   They were the family from hell. For years, until last summer, the Kani brothers held a small Libyan town in their murderous grip, massacring men, women and children to maintain their authority. Now their crimes are slowly being uncovered. For seven months, workers in white chemical protection suits have been returning to the small agricultural town of Tarhuna, about an hours drive south-east of the Libyan capital, Tripoli. The...

Watchdog urges Libyas GNA to identify Tarhuna missing AFP 1/7/2021 AFP © Mahmud TURKIA An aerial view shows Libyan experts exhuming human remains from mass graves in Tarhuna, southeast of the capital Tripoli, in this file picture taken on October 28, 2020 Human Rights Watch appealed Thursday to Libyas internationally recognised government to launch an investigation aimed at identifying hundreds of people reported missing in a western town where mass graves have been unearth...

United Nations : Guterres Wants Observers In Libya United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has called on member countries to adopt a ceasefire mechanism, sending international observers to Libya. Speaking during a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, the UN scribe also proposed the putting in place of an International Committee to monitor the ceasefire in Libya that would work alongside joint monitoring teams from the two rival governments of Tripoli and Easter...

Hundreds in Tarhouna Reported Missing From 2014 to 2020 Residents of the Libyan town Tarhouna who were abducted or reported missing between 2014 and 2020. © 2021 Private (Beirut) – Hundreds of residents of the Libyan town Tarhouna were abducted or reported missing between 2014 and 2020, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities of the country’s Government of National Accord (GNA) say that they have discovered 27 mass graves in Tarhouna since June, but tha...

The former head of the British Army left part of his £490,000 estate to the Gurkha Welfare Trust after his death aged 95.  Field Marshal Lord Edwin Bramall, who was a part of nearly every major UK military campaign from the Second World War until his retirement in 1985, passed away at his home in Crondall, Hampshire in November 2019. He had landed in Normandy at the age of 21 in charge of a platoon and was wounded twice before fighting his way through Holland towards Berlin, winning the Mil...

How six brothers - and their lions - terrorised a Libyan town By Tim Whewell They were the family from hell. For years, until last summer, the Kani brothers held a small Libyan town in their murderous grip, massacring men, women and children to maintain their authority. Now their crimes are slowly being uncovered. For seven months, workers in white chemical protection suits have been returning to the small agricultural town of Tarhuna, about an hours drive south-east of the Libyan capital, Trip...

Libya urged to investigate fate of hundreds missing in Tarhuna Dozens of mass graves were found in Tarhuna last summer after withdrawal of forces aligned with eastern commander Khalifa Haftar Since June, Libyan teams have been searching for graves and exhuming bodies in Tarhuna, southeast of Tripoli (AFP) By Published date: 7 January 2021 20:58 UTC | Last update: 2 months 2 weeks ago Human Rights Watch urged Libyas internationally reco...