World News: Political News
NSG Minister of Health Announces Establishment of Special Medical Crisis Committee in Eastern Libya.
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Tripoli, 6 May 2105(Lana) The National Salvation Government Health Minister Ali Abu Sa'ada has announced that a medical crisis committee has been set up to coordinate medical supplies in the eastern region. A quantity of medicine and other medical supplies have been shipped and distributed to hospitals and medical centres in the eastern region, Abu Sa'ada said at a meeting in the Ministry of Health on Tuesday. =... Read more
UNESCO Organizes Roundtable on Libyan Women.
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Tripoli, 6 May 2015(Lana) The United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organisation projects bureau in Tripoli, in collaboration with the Women Empowerment Office at the UN Support Mission in Libya, hosted a roundtable on Libyan women, information and peace. The roundtable, held under the theme 'let journalism triumph in better covered news and media safety in digital era', came on the eve of the celebration of 'international day of freedom of the press, in Tripoli. Discussions and presentations dealt mainly with the role of Libyan women journalists in upgrading of the... Read more
Association of Relatives of Abu Salim Massacre Victims Condemns Assault on Home of Fathi Tarbel.
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Tripoli, 6 May 2015(Lana) The Association of Relatives of Abu Salim Massacre Victims has condemned the assault on the home the lawyer Fathi Terbel, the activist blogger at the start of the February 17 uprising in Benghazi, and demanded that a lawsuit be filed against the perpetrators. In a statement, the association expressed its support for the effort being mounted by the chief of investigation, and called for the trial of the perpetrators of Abu Salim Massacre to be expedited. The Association also called on the General National Congress to provide protection for the... Read more
Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy Dismisses SMS Reports That plant-generated Power can Meet Shortfall in Electricity.
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Tripoli, 6 May 2015(Lana) The Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy has dismissed what has been circulating on the social media services that the electricity generated by power plants was enough to meet the shortfall in the national grid. The current shortfall in the area of Tripoli, the central southern regions was mainly because of the damage sustained to the power lines linking the stations of Al Zahra-Al Zawiya and Greater Tripoli area, it said. The Ministry asserted that maintenance teams were ready to move in to fix the damage once proper security conditions... Read more
Tripoli Naval base support group apprehends a boat with illegal immigrants.
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Tripoli, 05.05.2015(Lana) Tripoli Naval base support group apprehended a boat with 102 illegal immigrants about to sank. The immigrants are from Somalia, Eretria, Sudan, and Niger. Naval force spokesman Ayub Qassem said that apprehending and rescue was carried out at 8 am by a patrol boat 10 miles north of Qaraboli. Qassem added the illegal immigrant were stopped and brought to the naval base and were offered necessary assistance and medical team to offer medical services. He said Immigration Department was contacted to receive the illegal immigrants and put them in... Read more