Please title this page. The Associated Press Facts about the North African nation of Libya. Bordered by Egypt and Sudan to east, Tunisia and Algeria to west, Chad and Niger to south. Aside from a 1,100-mile Mediterranean coastline, mostly barren desert plains and plateaus. More than 5 million.
Oil accounts for virtually all exports.
Only 2 percent of land is arable. First settled by Berbers, Libya was ruled in ancient times by Carthage, Rome and Vandals. Later controlled by Turks, Italians, British and French. Libya under Gadhafi helped arm revolutionary groups in Egypt and Sudan in the mid-1970s and has been widely accused of aiding terrorists of various nationalities. Relations with United States deteriorated through 1970s-80s over the issue.