World News: Political News
Italian Coast Guard Rescues Migrants on Board Rubber Dinghy in the Mediterranean.
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Rome, 26 August 2105(Lana) The Italian coast guard has rescued 120 migrants on a rubber dinghy off the Libyan coast on Tuesday including two children and 5 pregnant women. The rescued migrants were transferred to a temporary detention centre in Lampedusa Island in southern Italy. More than 2300 died in the attempt to cross the Mediterranean to Europe this year according to the International Organisation of Migration. =... Read more
AGOCO Spokesman: Company Production Stands at 220.
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000 BPD. Benghazi, 26 August 2105(Lana) A spokesman for the Arab Gulf Oil Company AGOCO has announced that the company's current oil production stood at 220000 bpd, unchanged level from last week. The company operates Al Hreiga Oil Terminal and Alsarir oil fields. Another oil official said a 400.000 barrel tanker was being loaded with crude at Al Hreiga today, and a second was waiting to dock at the terminal to be loaded with 570000 barrels. A tanker bound for Italy has left the terminal with 600000 barrels of oil, a third said. =... Read more
Italy Prepared to Support Prospective Agreement Between Libyans.
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Rome, 26 August 2015(Lana) The Italian Governemnt has renewed its commitment to support a prospective agreement to form a consensus government in Libya. In his comment on an announcement by the UN Support Mission in Libya of resumption of Libyan talks in the Moroccan city of Skhirat, the Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentelone told the Italian newspaper Corierre Dela Sera, 'it was up to the Libyan parties to reach an agreement, at the time being we are engaged in talking with all parties.' The head of the Italian diplomacy said the UN Envoy to Libya would submit a final... Read more
Italy Hopes of Quick Positive Results for Libyan Political Talks.
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Rome, 26 August 2105(Lana) The Italian Governemnt on Tuesday said it's Foreign Minister Paolo Gentelone has conducted over the last two days a phone call with the UN Special Envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon to reaffirm Italy's full support for the ongoing talks to form a national consensus government. The Italian news agency AKI quoted An Italian Foreign Ministry statement as saying the head of the Italian diplomacy has voiced Italy's hopes that the talks would come up with positive results fairly soon. =... Read more
Ministry of International Cooperation Undersecretary Dismisses Rumors of Ministry Joining Foreign Ministry.
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Tripoli, 26 August 2105(Lana) The Undersecretary of the Ministry of International Cooperation has dismissed rumors that his ministry was re-merged with the Foreign Ministry. In a statement to the Libyan news agency Abdul Hamid Gnais said there was no truth in those rumors and the ministry was still in place and functioning despite the difficulties it faced especially non-release of the 2015 budget. the Undersecretary pointed out that there were violations of the authorities of his ministry by the Foreign Ministry, especially in the administrative side, noting that the... Read more