Local News: Political News
UNSMIL urges Libyan parties to sustain ceasefire
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Tripoli, 21 January 2015(Lana) UNSMIL urged Libyan parties to discuss tangible and urgent measures to sustain ceasefire and address any violations.\nIn a statement posted on its website, it said that any ceasefire violation even if limited constitute a serious development that may completely undermine the truce.\nUNSMIL appealed to Libyan parties to speed up the appointment ov a representative to liaison on enforcement of and compliance with the ceasefire agreement.... Read more
US Renews Advice to Nationals Against Travelling to Libya
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Tripoli, 21 January 2015(Lana) The US State Department has re-issued a travel advice to its nationals not to travel to Libya, and for those already in the country to arrange for a departure as soon as possible.\n The advice which was published on the Department\'s website on Tuesday urged nationals to avoid public places and un-necessary movements around the country.\n The Department cited \'unstable security conditions and inability of the Government to rebuild the Army and Police to establish security in the aftermath of the 2011 uprising, and the widespread of arms and anti... Read more
Tunisian authorities foils narcotics smuggling operation
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Tunis, 21 January 2015(Lana) Tunisian Customs authorities have foiled a narcotics trafficking operation into Libya, the second in less than ten days.\nTunisian news agency reported Tuesday that members of the border customs office at the Ras Jadier Lobyan-Tunisian common border crossing point seized 143 pieces of narcotics hidden in a car with Foriegn number plates and driven by a citizen of a neighbouring country.\nThe agency did not disclose the nationality of the arrested person nor that of the other suspected individual.\nThe drug weighs 34.562 kg it said.\nThe disclosure comes after... Read more
MoH dismiss reports of diagnosing an Ebola case at a Tripoli hospital
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Tripoli,21 January 2015(Lana) Ministry of Health denied media and social website reports about diagnosing an Ebola case at Tripoli Central Hospital.\nIt confirmed that the reports were merely rumors.\nHead of Ministry ofHealth Operations Room, Munaif Al-Muamari said in a phone call with Lana that Director of the hospital, Dr Abduljalil Gharirbi and Head of Disease Control Centre, Dr Badr Eddeen Al Najar categorically denied registering any Ebola case within the hospital.\n=... Read more
GNC political committee discuss participation in political dialogue
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Tripoli, 21 January 2015(Lana) GNC temporarily political committee discussed in its Tuesday ordinary session in Tripoli, GNC participation in the UNSMIL sponsored political dialogue.\nThe committee discussed how to support GNC team to the upcoming political dialogue, and defining the criteria by which parties to the dialogue be identified, agenda besides relevance of the various dialogue tracks to one another.\nThe committee reviewed at the meeting mechanisms to be pursued by dialogue, required guarantees for its success and ability of the parties to the dialogue to comply with outcomes and... Read more