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Libyan Stolen Antiquities Office Draws up List of Looted Artifacts.
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Benghazi, 14 May 2017(Lana) The office responsible for looted artifacts at the Libyan Antiquities Authority has drawn up a list of looted museums and antiquity stores from the World War II era up to now. Among the looted artifacts was a sandstone statue of the Greek Goddess Ezis, which was found in Martouba, a Pharaoh statue which was looted from Tulmeitha during the World War II, and which is now displayed at the war museum in Cleveland in the US state of Ohio. The list also included a marble statue of Asclepius, the medicine god, which was looted from Tulmeitha in the... Read more
Central Bank of Libya honurs its former governors.
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Tripoli, 14 May 2017 (Lana) Central Bank of Libya (CBoL) represented by its current Governor Al-Sadiq Al kabier, honured its former governors, who carried out their tasks with devolution and loyalty during the past decades, in gratitude by the CBoL to the efforts of those governors. The honuring included, Rajeb Al -Messalati, Dr Taher Al Jihimi, Qassem Sherlala, Dr Abdulhafiz Al Zelitni, and Dr Farhat Ben Qadara. The houring ceremony came at the end of a workshop hosted by the CBoL on 'economic policies, horizones and challenges' with the participation of former... Read more
NOC refutes gas and liquid fuel shortages to power stations.
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Tripoli, 14 May 2017 (Lana) National Oil Corporation (NOC) dismissed announcement that there is gas and fuel shortages in supplies to power stations and that supplies are according to agreed quantities at Major Consumers Committee Meeting comprising the membership of Electricity General Company. In a statement in response to Electricity General Company's statement on causes of load shedding which it attributed to shortages in gas and fuel supplies, NOC said actual supplies are more than the agreed quantities, and that NOC received no notification of shortages in supplies from... Read more
Council of Ministers discusses situation in southern Libya and takes host of resolutions on interior, justice, transport and education.
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Tripoli, 27 April 2017 (Lana) GNA Council of Ministers discussed Wednesday at its 5th ordinary meeting chaired by members of the Presidential Council, Fathi Al Mejbari, with the chairman of the committee assigned to calm the situation in southern libya, minister of Local Government Bedad Gansau. Communications and Media department said the meeting held at the Foreign Ministry touched on approving the 40 bed Janzour General Hospital as accredited hospital, and referred the file to the ministry of health based on mayor of Janzour letter. The Ministry of Planning was... Read more
Msahel Hails Libyans Commitment to Peace Away From Foreign Intervention.
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Algiers, 27 April 2017(Lana) THE Algerian Minister in Charge of Maghreb, African Union and Arab League Affairs Abdul Gader Msahel has hailed what he called a commitment by the people of Libya to restoring peace in their country away from foreign intervention. 'There is strong will in the Libyans to go for peace, we sensed that among ordinary people as well as politicians, and today I think our job not to intervene in their internal business, Msahel said after meeting the Head of UN Support Mission in Libya Martin Kobler. 'The solution should come from Libya, only then our... Read more