World News: Political News
US President Speaks by Phone With Cameron About Libya and Syria.
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Washington, 3 February 2106(Lana) US President Barrak Obama has discussed by phone with the British Prime Minister David Cameron the effort aimed at ending the political crisis in Libya. A statement issued by White House on Tuesday said Obama reiterated US commitment to continue to provide support for the displaced by the violence in Syria and other parts of the Middle East and to help ease pressure put on European countries as a result of the refugee influx. Obama told the Cameron the US Secretary of State John Kerry would represent the US at the London conference where he... Read more
Libya's Oil Production Still at 370,000 bpd.
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Tripoli, 3 February 2016(Lana) Libya's oil production still stands at 370,000 bpd, a spokesman for the National Oil Company Mohamed Al Hrari said. Oil producing fields have not been affected by fire which broke out in oil pipeline linking the field of Amal and station 108 near Al Wahat belonging to Zweitina oil company, Al Hrari said. Fire broke out in 5 reservoirs of crude oil at Ras Lanouf terminal after being targeted by so called Islamic State group. =... Read more
Guiding budget is the main issue of CBoL.
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Tripoli, 02.02.2016(Lana) The Central Bank of Libya's Committee on Covering Bank Accounts in Foreign Currency explained that the guiding budget is the main issue of Central Bank of Libya (CBoL). In a meeting with Directors of commercial banks Monday the committee said the CBoL would be obliged to respond to the urgent needs of the Libyan market, in partnership with commercial banks. It said against the backdrop of the current situation, the CBoL would focus on opening documentary credits for basic goods such as medicine and food and not accepting any documentary... Read more
CBoL meets on controls and measures organizing opening of documentary credits.
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Tripoli, 02.02.2016(Lana) The Central Bank of Libya's Committee on Covering Bank Accounts in Foreign Currency held a meeting with Directors of commercial banks during which it discussed CBoL circulation No 2/2016 on controls and measures organizing opening of documentary credits. Director of Banks and Monetary Monitoring who is deputy chairman of Credits Covering Committee underlined at the meeting the importance of complying with all items of the circulation and forwarding the required reports with full data about all opened documentary credits that are approved to be... Read more
NSG minister of health visits Burns and Cosmetics hospital.
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Tripoli, 02.02.2016 (Lana) NSG Minister of Health, Al-Taher Al-Sanusi accompanied by director of Hospitals dept, Mohamed Al-Abeidi made a tour Tuesday of Burns and Cosmetics hospital in Tripoli. They inspected the state of the hospital, its resources and work progress. The minister in the course of the visit met with director general of the hospital and head of the scientific committee at the hospital and several head of departments with whom they discussed the mechanism to support the hospital in order to offer the best medical services to the public and ways to address... Read more