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| Al-Qathafi: Union for the Mediterranean will Fail Squarely |
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Tripoli-- Speaking at a press conference in Tripoli on Wednesday, the Leader of the Revolution Muammar Al-Qathafi said the "Union for the Mediterranean" will be "a complete Failure."
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| Libya, France Sign Agreement on Nuclear Power Cooperation |
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Libya and France signed on Tuesday evening in Paris an agreement on cooperation in the sphere of civil uses of nuclear power.
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| 7 Peacekeepers Killed in Darfur |
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In a brazen attack on horseback and from SUVs mounted with anti-aircraft weapons, some 200 gumen ambushed peacekeepers from a joint U.N.-African Union force in Sudan's Darfur region, killing seven in fierce battles that lasted more than two hours, U.N. officials said Wednesday.
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| After Meeting Bush, AU Chairman Rejects Sanctions on Zimbabwe |
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Chairman of the African Union (AU), Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, said after meeting the US President George W. Bush that he recognized the "concerns" of the US and other Western governments.
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| Israel Kills a Palestinian in Gaza |
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Israeli troops shot dead an unarmed Palestinian on Thursday. Medical liaison office said they had been informed by the Israeli army that a Palestinian had been shot dead in the early morning near the Kissufim border crossing.
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| Kenya's Finance Minister Resigns over Controversial Sale of Nairobi Hotel to Libyan Investment Company |
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Kenya's Finance Minister Amos Kimunya has stepped down during an invstigation into the sale of a luxury hotel in Nairobi that was acquired by a Libyan investment firm.
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| Arab States Tell UN to Condemn Israeli Settlements |
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Arab states asked the UN Security Council on Wednesday to re-declare Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories illegal and condemn new constructions in East Jerusalem.
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| Five East African Countries Plan Monetary Union |
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Consultations on a comprehensive study of the proposed East African Monetary Union by 2012 will soon begin in the five East African countries, The New Times reported on Wednesday.
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| G8 To Act on Food, Oil |
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Leaders of the world's top industrial powers ended a summit Wednesday with pledges to act on soaring oil and food prices, but failed to bridge deep differences with poor nations on fighting climate change.
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| Gazprom, Libya to Set Up Refining Joint Venture |
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Russian gas export company Gazprom said on Wednesday it met Libyan officials and was looking at buying all of the North African country's oil and gas exports, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
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| African World Class Business Leaders, Enterprises Receive CBC-African Business Awards 2008 |
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The inaugural CBC-African Business awards took place on Thursday evening, 3 July 2008 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
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| YAL organizes Arab European Internship Exchange Program for Arab Students in Germany |
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Dubai, July 10, 2008 - Young Arab Leaders (YAL), the region's foremost development platform for business, public sector and civil society leaders, announced the commencement of the Arab European Internship Exchange (AEIE) Program.
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Opinion: Who Cares?
By Zainab Al-Arabi |
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Apparently no official responsible for the environment in this region does care seriously about his job. If he did we would have seen him making a visit. But since the dissolving of the local popular committees, all control reverted to the General Committee for Health and the Environment in Gharian. Despite this many of this district’s inhabitants do try to handle the issue of waste carefully, up to a certain point.
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Opinion: The Arrogance of Unchecked Power
By Sami Zaptia |
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Astonishingly the United States House of Representatives – as reported by the Tripoli Post in the last week of May - passed a bill authorizing the Federal US government to sue OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries) in US courts for alleged price-fixing. The reasoning and logic behind this move is that the present record-high world crude oil prices are caused purely by OPEC artificially inflating world prices by suppressing supply.
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| The Leader Hails Outcome of AU Summit |
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The Leader of the Revolution hailed the "positive outcome" of the 11th summit of the African Union (AU) just ended in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.
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