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Arab Summit to be Held in Mauritania.
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Nouakchott, 17 July 2016(Lana) Mauritania is hosting the Arab Summit meeting on July 25 and 26, after Morocco apologized. Mauritania has set up large tents for the meetings to be convened in, after authorities failed to build conference halls in due time for the summit, press reports said. Mauritanian Foreign Minister Isselkou Ould Ahmed Izid Bih informed Arab ambassadors accredited to Nouakchott of the official date of the summit, saying Mauritania has decided to host the summit meeting on July 25 and 26. =... Read more
Electricity Company Says First Steam Unit at Al Khaleej Power Station Reconnect to National Grid.
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Sirte, 17 July 2016(Lana) The General Electricity Company has announced that the first steam unit at Al Khaleej Power Station is up and running and reconnected to the national grid, which will reduces hours of load shedding. The station located at Al Gbeiba is consisted of 4 units and was forced to be disconnected for prolonged periods by the security situation. =... Read more
Libyan Airlines opens a new route.
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Tripoli, 17.07.2016(Lana) Libyan Airlines ran a new air route from Maitiqa Airport to Tamenhent International Airport, then to Al-Abraq Airport and returned on the same route. Director of Libyan Airlines Sebha branch, Eng. Mohamed al-Mansuori said the flight is the first of its kind to take off from Maitiqa via Temenhent to Al-Abraq. He said there is great demand for this route. =... Read more
Youth Support Committee chief meets head of Youth & Sports Commission.
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Tripoli, 17.07.2016(Lana) The GNA assigned Youth Support Committee chief, Imad Abduldaem al-Harati met with Head of Youth & Sports Commission, Zyad Qarira to put in place the necessary arrangements for commemorating Youth World day on August 12. The meeting addressed preparations for the festival to commemorate the day by organizing a Youth Accord Forum. At the sideline of the meeting an agreement was signed to augment cooperation between the Youth Support Committee and the Youth & Sports Commission as actual beginning for common cooperation to serve the youth... Read more
Dialogue Members Discuss Formation of Unified Army.
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Tunis, 17 July 2016(Lana) members of the UN-sponsored Libyan Political Dialogue meeting in Tunis on Sunday probed ways of forming a unified army and the difficulties facing implementation of the political agreement in the country. The meeting of Libyan political leaders started on Saturday with a consultative session in anticipation for today's discussion amid differences between protagonists on implementation of the political agreement signed last year. The discussions are expected to be extended on Monday and Tuesday to include key security players to meet with members of... Read more