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| Libya Elected to UN Security Council |
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Libya has been elected to nonpermanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the years 2008-09 on Tuesday citing support of the African Union and good relations with Washington.
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| Putin Tells US Not to Attack Iran |
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President Vladimir Putin has said "We should not even think of using force in this region" and made clear to Washington that Russia would not accept military action against Iran and he invited Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Moscow for talks.
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| Lockerbie Victim's Father Offers Half Million Sterling for the Defence of Al-Megrahi |
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The father of a Lockerbie bombing victim made an astonishing £500,000 offer to help free Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the Libyan accused of his daughter's murder.
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| Libya Looks Certain to be Elected to UN Security Council |
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Libya is most likely to be elected this week to the UN Security Council. Libya faces not contest as it and Burkina Faso have been endorsed by the African Union for the two Africa seats that will fall due for the period 2008-2009.
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| Iraqi Resistance Fighters Form a United Political Council |
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Six main Iraqi insurgent groups announced the formation of a "political council" aimed at "liberating" Iraq from U.S. occupation in a video aired Thursday on Al-Jazeera television, the Associated Press reported.
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| Libya, France Military Accord Came into Force on 25 September |
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According to new details of a defense agreement between Libya and France, the agreement has come into effect on 25 September.
The details appeared in the French government's official gazette.
The accord covers the sale of military equipment and training Libyan military forces.
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| Bulgarian Medics: We have No Right to Ask for Compensation from Libya |
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Speaking in Brussels to reporters after a visit to the European Parliament, five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who infected 438 Libyan children with HIV in a Benghazi children hospital said they waived their right to seek redress from Libya upon their release from prison in July said they "Yes, we signed such papers," Dr Ashraf al-Hazouz told journalists at the European Parliament, where the group attended meetings with the assembly's political groups and president.
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| EU Seeking Quick Start to Cooperation Talks With Libya |
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European Union foreign ministers are to call for a quick start to talks with Libya on a cooperation agreement covering a wide area from trade to migration, according to draft documents seen by Reuters.
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| Young Libyans Harvest Top Qur'an Recitation Prizes around the Islamic World |
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The General Authority of Endowment and Alms Affairs has announced that Libyan students of Qur'an have achieved prominence in the many competitions held in Arab and Muslim countries during the holy month of Ramadan.
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| Libya to Sell Stake in Al-Wahda Bank |
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As part of its plans to expand the private sector's role in Libya's economy,Libya's Central Bank said it is offering for sale a stake in the country's fifth-largest state-owned bank, the Al Wahda Bank, and set October 31 as a closing date for would-be bidders to send their interest offers.
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| Spanish FM: Education Key to Fighting Islamophobia in Europe |
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Islamophobia gathered pace in the West with the end of the Cold War, long before the September 11, 2001 attacks against the US, participants at a two-day OSCE conference that began in Spain Tuesday said.
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Opinion: Shame on The Arab League!
By Zainab Al-Arabi |
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It’s almost as if everyone’s tired of the Palestinians, and the Palestinians themselves –exhausted- have turned against each other.
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Opinion: Libya Needs to Declare WAR on Its Damaging Education, Training & Skills Problems
By Sami Zaptia and Yolanda Zaptia |
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We were happy to read that the GPC (General People's Committee) in its 17th June 2007 meeting reviewed the restructuring of Libyan universities and higher institutions and that it was reviewing the education inputs and outputs, and taking into consideration the demands of the market for qualified human resources.
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Opinion: Fake Drugs Trade Booms in Third World Countries
By B Y Muhammed |
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Today’s global, trans-national ¬dominated, drug industry seems to be facing a crisis of legitimacy and public confidence. In many ways, the situ¬ation is similar to seventy years ago when the present drug companies were just beginning their businesses, marketing patent medicines of 'mostly dubious value, and thereby raising the hackles of the medical profession - the slick advertising encouraged patients to bypass the doctor, and inaugurated a war.
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| Libya to Celebrate Eid Al-Fitr on Friday |
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Eid Mubark. Libya will celebrate Eid Al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, on Friday as the celebration will continue for three days.
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