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Africa North
Libya adopts new official name
2013-01-11
[MAGHAREBIA] Libya's General National Congress (GNC) unanimously voted to adopt "State of Libya" as the country's official name on Tuesday (January 8th), Libya Herald reported. The decision ends the multiplicity of official names used under the former regime. The new name will stay at least until the approval of the new constitution.
Posted by:Fred

#12  Of course, there's always Manteca (Lard), Los Banos (The Potties), and a host of others.
Posted by: Dopey Sinatra9196   2013-01-11 19:39  

#11  And did they figure out Bernard's link to the Rule of the Templars, I wonder? LOL, Pappy.
Posted by: lotp   2013-01-11 18:10  

#10  Latest news is that a certain bankrupt California city offered to sell their name, but the Libyans figured out what 'San Bernardino' stood for.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-01-11 13:08  

#9  OK. Glad that's out of the way...
Posted by: tu3031   2013-01-11 12:12  

#8  State of We-Really-Sympathize-With-Those-Palestinians-As-Long-As-They-Stay-Away...
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2013-01-11 11:55  

#7  State of Not-Paleostine?
Posted by: Frank G   2013-01-11 11:42  

#6  Whatever it is has to beat hell out of "The Great Libyan People's Jamahiriya" or whatever it was.
Posted by: Fred   2013-01-11 11:14  

#5  I understand 'Not-Egypt' was considered, but rejected.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-01-11 11:06  

#4  Forget it, Jake, it's Benghazi?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2013-01-11 08:36  

#3  So was Chicago.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-01-11 08:31  

#2  Zimbabwe was obviously already taken.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-01-11 02:47  

#1  A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
Posted by: SteveS   2013-01-11 01:34  

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