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Cameron suggests to expand EU navy force off Libyan coasts to confront illegal immigration.

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Tripoli, 19.03.2016 - Lana - British Prime Minister "David Cameron" on Friday , made an offer to the EU leaders to expand the current EU navy force in the Mediterranean , and to make a plan to pursue and destroy the smugglers' boats off the libya coasts , in order to foil their schemes for transporting immigrants to European shores. Cameron , said to his counterparts in Brussels - that he hoped to expand the current EU navy force in the Mediterranean , to stop hundreds of thousands of immigrants , who come from Libya to Europe. The daily telegraph news paper on Friday , said that... Read more

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France renews its support to the Libyan political accord and the national reconciliation government.

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Tunisia, 19.03.2016 - Lana - France had renewed its support to the Libyan political accord , and the national reconciliation government headed by "Fayez Saraj" , and to stop dealing with parallel institutions to this accord. This came during a meeting on Friday , in the Tunisian capital Tunis , between head of the proposed national reconciliation government "Fayez Saraj" , and the French foreign minister "Jean-Marc Ayrault" , who is on a visit to Tunisia. Head of the French diplomacy , in a press statement after this meeting , expressed his country's support to "Saraj" and his ... Read more

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Illegal immigrants' floatable boat catches fire.

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Sabrata, 17.03.2016 - Lana - Spokesman for the navy chief of staff Colonel "Ayub Qasim" , said that the coastal guards forces of the navy chief of staff , today morning , had picked four illegal immigrants bodies , after their floatable boat caught fire. The spokesman - in a statement to Lana - said that the coastal guard forces , were immediately hurried to the accident scene west of Sabrata , for rescue operation and to distinguish the fire. =... Read more

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Armed Group Demolishes Part of Historical Mizran Mosque in Tripoli.

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Tripoli, 17 March 2106(Lana) An armed group at dawn on Thursday demolished an endowment part of the historical Mizran mosque in downtown Tripoli using a bulldozer. The motives of the act of sabotage which targeted a room related to the mosque were still unknown, and the 11 culprits who carried out the act were not apprehended, a source at the Endowment and Islamic Affairs Authority said. The mosque of Mizran is one of the oldest in the world, and an icon of the Libyan capital. It is a bacon of enlightenment in which many scholars and Qur'anic reciters had graduated. =... Read more

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Italian Foreign Minister Pledges to Al Saraj Full Support for the Consensus Government.

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Rome, 17 March 2106(Lana) Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentelone has pledged full support of the Italian Government to the government of the Libyan national Consensus Government. The Italian Aki news agency reported on Wednesday that the Italian Foreign Minister has expressed in a phone call to the head of the government Fayez Al Saraj hope that the government would be able to function from Tripoli. The Ministry said Gentelone and Al Saraj have agreed to secure contacts between the members of the Consensus Government and their Italian counterparts on their areas, especially... Read more

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