World News: Political News
Afriqiyah Resumes Flights to Kufra, South Libya and Ghanaian Capital.
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Tripoli, 5 May 2015(Lana) The Afriqiyah Airways has announced that it was resuming flights to the city of Kufra from Me'tiga and Al Abrag from Wednesday May 6. It also announced that it would resume flight to the Ghanaian capital Accra from Me'tiga, after a 5 year halt. The company said it would increase weekly flights to Alexandria from Me'tiga to be every Sunday and Wednesday. The Afriqiyah Airways has opened an air cargo centre, in a bid to increase investments in the aviation business. Meanwhile, a member of the company's information department Mazen Abdul Al has... Read more
Hillary Clinton says she'll testify about Benghazi attacks, Lawyer Says.
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Washington, 5 May 2015(Lana) The lawyer of the former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she would testify before the congressional committee charged with investigating the 2012 Benghazi attacks. In a letter to U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., the chairman of the select committee, the lawyer said she is "ready and willing to testify" when required. The letter said she would testify once, not twice as Gowdy requested. "Respectfully, there is no basis, logic, or precedent for such an unusual request," attorney David Kendell said. "The secretary is fully prepared to stay for... Read more
Italy Renews Support for Leon Effort in Libya.
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Rome, 5 May 2015(Lana) The Italian Government has renewed its support for the effort led by the UN Special Envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon, namely the talks being held in Morocco under the UN auspices. This came at a meeting in Rome by the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentelone with the UN envoy. The meeting dealt with the political dialogue to end the crisis in the country. Leon was expected to meet later on Tuesday at the Italian Foreign Ministry headquarters with representatives of main EU countries and the United States to discuss the Libyan issue. ... Read more
Tripoli University celebrates Libyan Architecture Day.
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Tripoli, 04.05.2015 (Lana) Tripoli University organized Sunday a celebration marking Libya architecture day under the theme; "Architecture and Communication and a Better Future". The celebration aimed at highlighting the cultural, economic, social and touristic significance of the architecture art and heritage and safeguarding such heritage being an important part of individual and nations memories due to its cultural values, rehabilitation of buildings and villages and architecture arts besides efforts made in this respect and presenting the most important environmental l... Read more
EU Political Affairs Commissioner: Political solution alone would ensure stability in Libya.
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Tunis, 04.05.2015(Lana) EU Political Affairs Commissioner said political solution alone would ensure stability in Libya, which would have positive reflections to get rid of illegal immigration. This came during his meeting with Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and ambassadors of the USA, Malta, Germany, Spain, and the UK to Tunisia. The EU commissioner presented at the meeting the project prepared by the UN to get Libya out of its crisis, pointing out that such project gains strong support from the international community especially from the EU and Libya neighboring... Read more