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Arab League Secretary General Discuss With UN and AF Envoys Joint Coordination Over Libyan Crisis.
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Cairo, 23 January 2017(Lana) A consultative meeting was held here on Sunday that brought together the Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Abu Al Ghaith , the UN Special Envoy to Libya Martin Kobler, and AU High Representative to Libya Jakaya Kikwite as part of the troika made of the three organisations to coordinate efforts to push for a political settlement for the Libyan crisis. A statement issued by the Arab League today said the meeting was designed to continue with consultations between the three organisations over the concerted efforts to encourage dialogue ... Read more
Director of Ras Jdair Border Crossing Dismiss Reports of Re-opening of the Crossing.
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Ras Jdair, 23 January 2017(Lana) The Director of Ras Jdair border crossing Mohamed Jarafa has dismissed media and SMS reports on re-opening of the Ras Jdair border crossing. Col. Jarafa told the Libyan news agency on Sunday the security apparatus and the alien control network were down, and that only ambulances were being allowed to cross after notification of the main control room in Tripoli. =... Read more
Head of Fuel and Gas Committee says the next 48 hours to witness improvement inm the crisis.
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Tripoli, 22.01.2017(Lana) Head of Fuel and Gas Crisis Committee, Milad Al hajrasy has announced that the next 48 hours are to witness improvement in fuel crisis due to efforts made to contain the crisis. He pointed out that 5 million liters of fuel are to be supplied daily to over 100 petrol stations in Tripoli and 1.5 million of diesel fuel. Communications Department quoted Al hajrasy as stressing that all fuel stations are working on two shifts after receiving power generatrators, and coordination underway to assign some stations to work over the hour in several... Read more
Electricity General Company announces reduction of power load distribution hours.
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Tripoli, 22.01.2017(Lana) Electricity General Company (GECOL) announced Sunday reduction of power load shedding hours between three to four hours per day. Media department at the company told Lana that power production Sunday reached 5100 megawatt and that the company managed to supply the southern region with electricity. GECOL praised the efforts made by its engineers and technicians in maintaining power generation plants, generators and power towers and reduce the load shedding to alleviate the suffering of the public. It urged all Libyan cities and region to... Read more
Misrata Oncology Centre releases figures.
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Misrata, 22.01.2017(Lana) Misrata Oncology Centre has released figures of patients frequenting the units and departments of the centre in 2016 despite lack of resources, budget and government support. Director of the Media and Information at the Centre said outpatient clinic last year received 50,470 cases of whom 5191 were hospitalized, 2271 were undergone surgical operations, and endoscopies were performed on 1046 patients. He said the pathology lab screened many specimens and chemotherapy and radio treatment was performed on patents from across the country. ... Read more