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| Poem: "Prisoner in a thought” |
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A day passed by so fast
Felt so much along its hours
We wished it would longer last
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| UN-Arab League Envoy Receives Syria's Response On Plan to End Crisis |
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The Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, Kofi Annan, Tuesday received a formal response from the Syrian Government on his six-point proposal to end the ongoing violence in the Middle Eastern country, according to a statement issued by his spokesperson.
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| Nigeria Suicide Attack Leaves 11 Dead |
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A day after 11 people were killed in a suicide bombing and related violence at a catholic church, Sunday night in Chugwi village south of Jos city in central Nigeria, unknown gunmen shot dead three Christians an official has reported.
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| Activists' Trial in Egypt Begins Sunday |
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Forty-three so-called democracy activists, among them 19 Americans, go on trial Sunday before an Egyptian court on charges of receiving illicit foreign funding in a case that will test Egypt's relations with the United States a year after the toppling of forme President and US ally Hosni Mubarak.
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| UN-Backed Forum to Discuss Drought in Horn of Africa |
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Government representatives, climatologists, agricultural experts, disaster risk managers and others will gather in Rwanda next week to discuss early action in case of a possible third consecutive year of drought in the Horn of Africa.
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| Tripoli and Benghazi: A New Future for the Past |
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Libya’s greatest archaeological treasures have been eroded, compromised and destroyed without record mainly by government-funded development during the Gaddafi era. Despite his optimism of a bright future for Libya’s past, Dr Paul Bennett, head of the Society for Libyan Studies mission is very concerned that this is still the situation today.
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| Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam |
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“As you circumambulate and move closer to the kaaba you feel like a small stream merging into a big river. You have been transformed into a particle that is gradually melting and disappearing. That is love at its absolute peak”. This description of the ecstasy of a Muslim pilgrim accompanying a two-minute black and white film greets visitors to the world's first exhibition on hajj - the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca at the British Museum.
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| Celebrity Singer, Actress Whitney Houston Dies Aged 48 |
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Popular US singing star and actress Whitney Houston died in her room at a hotel in Los Angeles where she had been staying as a guest, on the eve of the Grammy Awards, at the age of 48.
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| Mexico Court Says Suspects Twice Tried to Rescue Gaddafi son, Saadi |
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Prosecutors in Mexico City said that as dictator Muammar Gaddafi's crumbled last year in Libya, there had been two plots to rescue his third son, Saadi, who is currently living in the Western African country of Niger, and take him to Mexico.
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| UNHCR: Mediterranean Proved Deadly Stretch of Water for 1,500 for Migrants in 2011 |
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According to the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, more than 1,500 people drowned or went missing while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe in 2011, making 2011 the deadliest year for this region since UNHCR started to record these statistics in 2006.
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| Vote for AU New Commission Chairman Ends in Deadlock |
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African Union, AU, leaders failed Monday to choose a new chairman for the bloc's influential executive Commission, even though at one time incumbent Jean Ping seemed to enjoy a slight lead over South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the ex-wife of South Africa's President.
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| Protecting Libya’s Heritage as Country Tries to Resurrect Tourism Industry |
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Libya boasts a rich cultural heritage; Palaeolithic rock paintings, Greek and Roman ruins and ancient desert oases. These historic treasures, including six UNESCO World Heritage sites, have suffered years of neglect and most recently the perils of conflict.
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| Waha Oil Production Should Hit Pre-War Level by End January |
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A day after Libya's Waha Oil Co firm exported its first shipment of 600,000 barrels of oil to Italy, the company's manager, Ahmed Amar said, that by the end of January, Libya's Waha Oil Co will reach pre-war oil production levels of 350,000 barrels per day (bpd).
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| Graffiti and Kalashnikovs: French NGO Uses Art to Tackle Weapon Issues in Benghazi |
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The Saturday forecast warned of a rainy November afternoon - a crowd gathered nonetheless at the Tashkil Libya Al-Hurra Brigade in Keesh for one of Benghazi’s first ever formal graffiti contests organised by French NGO Handicap International to raise awareness of the dangers posed by small arms and light weapons.
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| Eid Mubarak |
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We at tripolipost.com wish our readers and particularly the Muslim community around the world a happy and blessed Eid...Eid Mubarak to all, and God Bless
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