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| Ghanem: OPEC Members should Respect Production Quotas |
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Libya’s top oil official says all OPEC members should respect their quotas as the oil market was oversupplied as oil drops to close to $100 a barrel from a peak of $147 in July, rekindling worries of price crash.
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| Gaddafi Warns Rice on Establishing Military Base in Africa, Saying Africans would View It as Colonialism |
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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi warned US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a meeting in Tripoli that American military bases on the African continent would be considered colonialism by Africans and the would be rejected.
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| Conde Rice Shares Iftar Meal with Gaddafi, Says Meeting is Fruitful |
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Rice hailed meeting with Gaddafi saying it was "very fruitful" despite some difference that could be solved as time passes. Both shared iftar meal and talked about tropical storms heading toward the US.
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| Al-Qathafi Hails Treaty with Italy, Says Apology, Compensation are Condemnation of Colonialism |
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Al-Qathafi hailed the signing of the Libyan-Italian Treaty of Friendship, Partnership and Cooperation and said it was a significant accomplishment by the two countries that would, after verification, pave the way for further cooperation and a strong relationship between our two countries based on equality and mutual respect.
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| Saif Al-Islam: Lockerbie Families were 'Very Greedy' |
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In an interview on the same BBC2 programme, Saif al-Islam al-Qathafi, chairman of the Al-Qathafi Foundation for Human Rights accused relatives of the Lockerbie victims of being "very greedy" during negotiations over payouts for the deaths of their loved ones.
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| CIA Memos Reveal Doubts Over 'Key' Lockerbie Witness |
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According to previously unseen CIA cables, a Libyan by the name of Majid Giaka who was central to the CIA's investigation into the Lockerbie bombing exaggerated his importance in Libya's intelligence apparatus and gave little information of value, yet he is still living at the US taxpayers' expense in a witness protection programme.
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| Tony Blair's Sister-in-law Trapped by Israel in Gaza |
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The British journalist and sister-in-law of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday that Israel is preventing her from leaving the Gaza Strip, more than a week after she entered the territory in defiance of an Israel blockade.
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| Libya's "Youth Poet", Ali Sodqi Abdulqader, Dies at 84 |
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The well known Libyan poet Ali Sodqi Abdulqader died at the late hours of Monday 1 September 2008 at the age of 84 at a Tripoli clinic.
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| Italcementi Investment Project in Libya at Over $550m |
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Italcementi said the total value of investment in a project in Libya, a joint venture between the Italian company and Libya to build a new cement plant, is between $550 million and $750 million.
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| RMJM Chosen to Work on Two University Campuses in Libya |
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In a press release, the Global Education Studio of RMJM, the international design firm, said it has been selected by the Organisation for the Development of Administrative Centres (ODAC) to design the two new college campuses in Libya. The new campuses, for the 7th of October University at Bani Walid and Al Asmariya University at Zliten, are part of a major expansion of higher education facilities implemented by the Ministry of Education for Libya.
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| IMF: Deal on Sovereign Funds Constructive |
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A top IMF official said Wednesday that a tentative agreement with major sovereign wealth funds would "help secure the global environment for effective and beneficial cross-border investing."
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Opinion: Ramadan, the month of blessings
By Zainab Al-Arabi |
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Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar is eagerly anticipated in Libya as its arrival nears. Called the 'blessed month' and the 'generous month', it is considered to be an interval in which each adult person pauses to take stock of his or her life in general.
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Opinion: Mu'ammar Al-Qathafi: The Man Behind The Name
By B.Y. Muhammad |
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The result of the impotence of the Arab world was seen in the stunning defeat of Arab armies in the Middle East in June 1967 during the Arab - Israeli war. Arab illusion of nationalism lay scattered with the burnt out shells of tanks in the Sinai Peninsula.
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| Berlusconi in Benghazi, Unwelcome by Son of Omar Al-Mukhtar |
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Italian PM Berlusconi arrives in Libya to sign a deal to partially solve colonial era's dispute between the two countries as Omar Al-Mukhtar's son announces that the Italian PM unwelcome in Benghazi.
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| Libya Celebrates the 39th Anniversary of Revolution |
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On Monday, the first of September, Libya will celebrate 39 years of the September Revolution. Preparations have already taken place to commemorate the event in all cities and towns.
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