18.08.10 Libya Focus August issue: Table of contents

TRIPOLI: STREET PROTESTS AS TEMPERS FRAY OVER DELAYED PAY

POLICIY FOCUS
> Regime troubled as unpaid state employees protest in Tripoli's streets: Taking it to the Leader; A payments reorganisation that backfired; Journalist receives death threats

POLITICS AND SOCIETY
> Youth gears up for August celebrations in aid of Saif al-Islam's Libya Al-Ghad initiative: The Palestinians again
> Saif under fire following alcohol proposal as public demands an apology
> Egyptian Christian arrested in Benghazi for preaching Christianity
> Table 1: Politics and society in brief
> Convincing the militants that the time for confrontation is over is proving a difficult task

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
> Tariff sparks trouble on Tunisian border as it affects those already struggling to eke out a living in difficult circumstances
> Seoul spy spat continues as Tripoli asks a $1 billion in compensation in order to close the file
> Defence chief makes London visit causing a storm in the British media
> Mixed messages for Sudan as Libya refuses to hand over Darfur rebel leader

ENERGY INDUSTRY
> BP delays drilling to address well-safety concerns, but according to Shukri Ghanem BP will start works in October
> New specialists appointed to NOC top management but chairman Shukri Ghanem, and three others remain in place
> Table 2: NOC management committee
> Government takes over drafting of new petroleum law proposed as a replacement to the current 1955 law
> Eni and NOC bargain over gas prices
> Table 3: Energy news in brief

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
> Italians win single bank licence issued to joint-venture banking operation in Libya
> Libyan project delays push Punj Lloyd into the red
> Local desalination company signs cooperation deals to distribute Hitachi's membrane bioreactor product range