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Summer Equestrian Festival Kicks off in Sabrata .
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Sabrata : 29. 8. 2015 - Lana - Summer popular Equestrian Festival kicked off Friday evening in the city of Sabrata . Various ages of horse riders participate in this popular event . The two day festival was organized by Sabrata Equestrian School in collaboration with the city's Municipal Council which coincide with the anniversary of the liberation of Sabrata commemorated on 24th of August every year. ==... Read more
Picking-up '111' immigrants' bodies and rescuing '198' other off Zawara coast.
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Tripoli, 29.08.2015 - (Lana) - The number of illegal immigrants bodies picked off Libyan coast , near Zawara city west of Tripoli , had risen to '111' bodies , while the searching for missing is still on , according to the Libyan red crescent 'LRC'. The LRC spokesman 'Mohamed Misrati' said , that today Saturday '198' migrants were rescued , including women and children , from African , Syrian and Bengali nationalities , after a rickety boat sank off Zawara city coast. He added , that the search and rescue operation by coats guards and the LRC , are still on , to search for the,... Read more
Arresting three migrant smugglers in Libya.
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Tripoli, 29.08.2015 - (Lana) - Reuters news agency today Saturday , quoted from a Libyan security source as saying , that three people were arrested in Libya , on suspicion of involvement in smuggling migrants , over a boat that drowned in the Mediterranean off the country's coast , which resulted in killing about 200 people. The security official , said " three smugglers were arrested in relation to the sinking boat , and other boats which carry immigrants to Italy. Adding , that we believe there are more involved in this matter , and we are pursuing them". The boat capsized with 400... Read more
GNC president refutes any dispute between the dialogue team president and the GNC presidency.
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Tripoli, 29.08.2015 - (Lana) - General National Congress president 'Nori Bu-Sahmien' , refuted the existence of any dispute between the dialogue team president 'Saleh Makhzom' and the Congress's presidency. Bu-Sahmien , in a press statements said , that 'Makhzom' is still the second deputy , and works with the Congress presidency constitutionally. He added that , the assigned dialogue team members by the GNC , are not UNSMIL employees , so it can call them whenever it pleases , without any arrangements … pointing out that the dialogue team is seeking to find a real and fruitful... Read more
Correction: Libyan coastal guards rescue 98 illegal immigrants off Zawara shores.
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Tripoli, 28.08.2015 - (Lana) - The Libyan coastal guards in the western sector , in cooperation with the Libyan red crescent 'LRC' , were able to rescue 98 illegal immigrants , including four children , after their boat drowned off Zawara city shores. Abdul-Razaq Shniti ; head of media and protocol office in the anti-illegal immigrants service in Tripoli , said that 87 immigrants were transferred to shelter center in Tripoli , and 11 women to shelter center in Surman. In a phone call with - Lana - he said , that the male illegal immigrants were from Bangladesh , Pakistan , Egypt ,... Read more