World News: Political News
Palestinian Man Wounded in Clashes With Israeli Forces in Jenin, West Bank.
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Ramallah, 3 March 2015(Lana) A Palestinian boy was hit by a bullet fired by Israeli troops, while dozens suffered suffocation during clashes with the occupation forces in the West Bank town of Gabatiya south of Jenin. The Palestinian news agency Wafa quoted security sources as saying the occupation forces broke into the town and clashed with its residents using ammunition and tear gas. A Palestinian boy Mohamed Hathnawi was hit by a bullet and taken to hospital for treatment. Dozens were hurt by the tear gas. The Israeli forces broke into two homes in the town and... Read more
Human Rights Group Condemns Indiscriminate Shelling of Civilian Areas in Benghazi.
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Tripoli, 3 March 2015(Lana) The National Human Rights Commission has condemned the indiscriminate shelling of civilian quarters of Abu Hdeima and Sidi Husain in the eastern city of Benghazi which left 2 dead and 27 wounded. In a statement on Monday, the commission said 'this terrorist act is a consolidated crime, in accordance with the international humanitarian law, and the Fourth Geneva Convention on protection of fundamental human rights in war time. It reiterated its denunciation of the silence by the international community to the escalating violations and crimes ... Read more
Residents of Jalou and Oujala Demand That Their Area be Included in Domestic Flights.
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Jalou, 3 March 2015(Lana) The residents of the central oases of Jalou and Oujala have demanded that their towns be included in the domestic flights of the Libyan And Afriqiyah airlines. They expressed, through civil organisations, their discontent with the disregard by the Ministry of Transport of their demands, and called on the local council to do more, to ease their suffering as they have to travel more than 500km to the airports of Albraq and Tubruk in the east of the country, to get a flight. They said the airstrip of Al Nafoura oil fields, which is just 20km from the... Read more
New Gas Discovery in Sabratha Basin.
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Tripoli, 3 March 2015(Lana) The National Oil Company on Monday announced a new discovery of gas in the Sabratha sub-Sea basin. In a statement, the company said the discovery was made in collaboration with the Italian Eni Co., the first in its concession. The National Oil Company had signed a contract with Eni which provided for a partnership of 60% for the company and 40% for Eni for first 10 years, and to be raised to 70% for the NOC after passage of 10 years. =... Read more
GNC Announces New Session of Dialogue in Morocco on Thursday.
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Tripoli, 3 March 2015(Lana) The General National Congress met last night in Tripoli the Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya Bernardino Leon to discuss political dialogue. The GNC head of national dialogue team Saleh Al Makhzoum said after the meeting, that a new session would be held in Morocco on Thursday. He reaffirmed GNC commitment to dialogue as the only way-out of the current crisis, urging other parties to engage in it, and to ignore the security obstacles. =... Read more