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Reopening of Ras-Jadeer border crossing on Thursday night.
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Mednine, 10.12.2015 - Lana - A Tunisian security source in Ras-Jadeer border crossing , said that the border will be reopened for all travelers and commodities in both ways , on midnight Thursday. The Tunisian news agency 'TAP' , quoted from the security source as saying , that the movement in the crossing will return on Friday , as it was before , and to take all security measures as well as intensifying control on all passers. A military source said , that the security and military presence are heavy along the border strip with Libya , where different formations are positioned in... Read more
UN mission , asks for 165 million dollars to fund humanitarian aid in Libya.
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Tripoli, 10.12.2015 - Lana - The UNSMIL , today Thursday , had asked the international community , to provide 165 million dollars , for humanitarian aid for the year 2016 , for more than 2.4 million persons in Libya , and calling for a ceasefire for the aid to reach its destinations. UN coordinator for humanitarian affairs in Libya 'Ali Za'atari' , in a statement today , said that the mission needs about 165 million dollars to close the humanitarian gap , and to concentrate on the people through the year 2016 , confirming that the mission didn't get this small amount , considering... Read more
Public movement in Gharyan calls for support to national accord document.
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Gharyan, 10.12.2015 - (Lana) - The public movement in Gharyan municipality , yesterday Wednesday , declared its strong support to the accord , which was agreed upon between the two delegations of GNC and the HoR , recently in the capital Tunis. The public movement in its statement , which Lana got a copy of it , called on all citizens , civil society institutions and activists , to go for a demonstration tomorrow Friday , in the martyrs square in Gharyan , in support for this accord and the Libyan parties , to continue in this path , for the sake of the country's unity. =Lana=... Read more
Central bank of Libya releases new five and ten dinar notes.
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Tripoli, 09.12.2015(Lana) Central bank of Libya has released new five and ten dinar notes that would be put to circulation as of next Sunday. On its website the bank said quality of paper and security matters were considered . It said the clock tower in Tripoli was depicted and another for Cyrene ruins on the five dinars note, while the ten dinars note has the picture of Omar Al-Mukhtar freedom fighter and another to calvarias of Libya. It explained that old notes will be withdrawn gradually after setting a deadline for their replacement. =.... Read more
EU: Rome meeting on Libyan crisis provides important international platform to progress towards national unity government.
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Brussels, 09.12.2015(Lana) EU pokesperson for External Work Office, Catharine Ray said that Rome meeting scheduled for December 13 on Libyan crisis provides an important international platform to progress towards a national unity government. She recalled the EU stance supportive of the UN efforts to reach a political solution in Libya, saying that would be conducive to the interests of the Libyan people and the international work too in fighting the so-called state organization. The EU official in a statement carried by the Italian news agency Aki Tuesday said any... Read more