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Libya: Italian ENI oil in direct contact with the CNT since April
MILAN (Italy) - Italian oil group ENI is in direct contact almost daily with the Libyan leadership of the rebellion in April, said the group's patron, Paolo Scaroni, in an interview with Italian daily Il Corriere della Sera on Wednesday.
Libya: on the Eastern Front, the rebels come up against Ben Jawad
ZOUITINA (Libya) - Libyan rebels Wednesday faced with unexpected resistance from loyal forces in Ben Jawad (East), impeding their progress towards the stronghold of Gaddafi in Sirte, they said. ...URGENT Seif al-Islam, son of Gaddafi, was not arrested and is in Tripoli
Tripoli - Seif al-Islam, a son of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, was not arrested and was in the night from Monday to Tuesday in Tripoli, where journalists, including one from the AFP, have met him in the residential complex of the Libyan leader....Oil: Libya, a tap off for Europe
TRIPOLI - Libya, the largest oil reserves in Africa and the continent's fourth largest producer, exported before the insurrection against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi 80% of its black gold to Europe, particularly to Italy and France....Seif al-Islam captured, the end of Gaddafi would be close
The president of the Libyan National Transitional Council (CNT) Mustapha Abdeljalil said Sunday that he has reliable information that Seif al-Islam, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was arrested. ...Tunisia: a sit-in degenerates in Kebili, three policemen injured
TUNIS - A sit-in organized by families of victims to protest against the slowness of the Tunisian justice system has degenerated into clashes between youths and security forces Saturday in Kebili (south), TAP reported. ...Mauritania: a military plane crashed in the north, one dead
NOUAKCHOTT - A small plane of the Mauritanian army dedicated to training military aviators crashed Sunday near Chinguetti (north), killing its pilot who was the sole occupant, said the Defence Ministry in a statement. ...Syria: Assad says that Western calls to his departure were "worthless"
DAMASCUS- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday that Western calls demanding his departure were "worthless", in an interview with state television. ...Libya: 1300 dead in 24 hours in Tripoli said the Libyan regime
TRIPOLI - The spokesman for the Libyan regime said Sunday night that 1,300 people died in the last 24 hours in Tripoli, describing the battles of "tragedy". ...URGENT a demonstrator removes the flag of the Israeli embassy in Cairo
CAIRO - An Egyptian protester succeeded in the night from Saturday to Sunday to remove the Israeli flag floating at the top of the building housing the embassy of the Jewish state in Cairo, witnesses said....URGENT Death of Policemen: Cairo deems insufficient Israeli regrets
CAIRO-The Egyptian government has deemed insufficient Sunday the regrets expressed by Israel after the death of five policemen Thursday near the border between the two countries, while failing to mention the recall of its ambassador in Tel Aviv....Tunisia: Twenty inmates escape from the prison of Gafsa
TUNIS - Twenty inmates from the prison of Gafsa, southwest of Tunisia, escaped Friday night, after clashes with the guards who seriously injured one of them, reported Saturday TAP....Israel / Ghaza: intensification of violence, diplomatic crisis with Egypt
Armed confrontation escalated Saturday between the Palestinian groups in Ghaza and Israel, with salvos of rockets that hit Israeli cities, killing one, amid diplomatic crisis between the Jewish state and Egypt....URGENT Libya explosions and gunfire heard in Tripoli
TRIPOLI - Several explosions and exchanges of gunfire were heard Saturday night in Tripoli, while witnesses reported "clashes" in some parts of the capital....URGENT Libya: Abdessalem Jallud, former number two of the regime, fled Tripoli
Benghazi (Libya) - Abdessalem Jallud, a former companion of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and former number two in the Libyan regime, managed to flee Friday Tripoli to the region of Jebel Nefoussa controlled by the rebels, said rebel source....118 Harraga arrested in north-eastern Morocco
RABAT - The Moroccan police arrested Friday in the region of Nador (northeast) a hundred and eighteen sub-Saharan Harraga (migrants) who were about to reach the Spanish enclave of Melilla in northern Morocco, according to local authorities....Libya: Toubou rebels engage in battle against Gaddafi
Benghazi (Libya) - By taking control of an important town in southwest of Libya, in the eastern Sahara, the Toubou, an ethnic community in Libya, intend to demonstrate that they are involved in the revolt against the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi....Growing fears of links between Nigeria and the Islamic Al-Qaeda
KANO (Nigeria) - A series of clues raise fears about links between a violent Islamic sect active in Nigeria and external groups, including the Maghreb branch of Al Qaeda, analysts say....Iraq: Tariq Aziz asks to be executed soon
BAGHDAD - Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz, who was sentenced to death, asked the Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to speed his execution because of his deteriorating health, said Wednesday his lawyer....Somalia: OIC members agree to give $ 350 million
ISTANBUL - Members of the Organization for Islamic Conference (OIC) have pledged Wednesday in Istanbul to provide $ 350 million to Somalia in the grip of famine, during a special meeting in Istanbul....Drought: Jean Ping called for generosity, Algeria has already promised $ 10 million
LUANDA – The President of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Jean Ping, called on Wednesday for the generosity a few days before a regional conference on assistance to the Horn of Africa hit by a severe drought, caring also for the situation in the Sahel....Somalia: "alarming" rate of Infant mortality in Dolo Ado camp
GENEVA - Ten children on average aged under five, die every day from disease and malnutrition in the refugee camp in Dolo Ado, in southern Ethiopia, said Tuesday the High Commissioner for Refugees....Ten years after the Sept. 11, who won?
WASHINGTON - Ten years after the September 11 attacks, the United States are still struggling with the consequences, facing two costly wars and having for ever lost the illusion of being an unassailable superpower....Yemen: President Saleh criticizes his opponents and announces his return
SANAA - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh lashed out Tuesday at his opponents and announced his approaching return to Sanaa, cutting short the speculation about his intention to step down after more than six months of challenge to his regime....Syria: the army leaves Deir Ezzor
Deir Ezzor (Syria) - The convoy of armoured vehicles bearing the inscription "Soldiers of Assad" left Deir Ezzor at the cheers of some residents. After 15 days of deadly operations, the Syrian army withdrew, under the gaze of visiting reporters taken by the regime....Libya: the rebels optimistic after a string of successes
Benghazi (Libya) - Libyan rebels see as "a decisive phase" after military successes against the forces of Muammar Gaddafi in several key cities at the expense of significant losses, Washington felt that the days of the Libyan leader are "numbered"....URGENT Iraq: 66 dead in series of attacks on Monday
Kout (Iraq) - The series of attacks that hit more than a dozen cities in Iraq Monday morning killed at least 66 people and injured over 230, according to a new preliminary assessment prepared by the AFP from to official information....URGENT Syria: Thousands of Palestinians fled the refugee camp of Raml
More than 5,000 Palestinians have fled the refugee camp of Raml in Lattakia, Syria, following the shooting of Syrian security forces said on Monday the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)....Syria: Repression continues
Five months after the start of the protest, repression continues in Syria with the use for the first time Sunday of warships, which fired against the protesters in Lattakia. ...Italy: 2,000 migrants have landed on Lampedusa over the weekend
Some 2,000 migrants have landed this weekend on the small Italian island of Lampedusa, located midway between the African coast and Sicily, reported Sunday the Italian news agency Ansa. ...Libya: The rebels say they control two new cities on the road to Tripoli
The Libyan rebels said Monday they control the cities of Gharyan and Sorman, respectively located 50 km south of Tripoli and about sixty miles west, approaching the capital, stronghold of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi. ...Morocco: 44 African migrants intercepted off the coast of the Mediterranean
RABAT - The Moroccan Royal Navy intercepted Sunday 44 African migrants off the coast of Al Hoceima (north Mediterranean) as they tried to reach the Spanish coast on board a zodiac, said on local authorities. ...
French hostages in Niger: families await "effective initiatives"
RENNES (France) - The families of four French hostages kidnapped in Niger in September 2010 await "effective initiatives" for their release, they noted in a statement released Tuesday to mark 300 days of detention of the hostages. ...
Syria: Clinton’s statement, evidence of interference of Washington
DAMASCUS - Syrian Foreign Ministry "strongly" condemned Tuesday the statements of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, seeing it as an act of "interference in Syrian affairs." ...
Paris passes messages to Gaddafi, no direct contact
PARIS - France is transmitting "messages" to the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, but "there are no direct negotiations," said Monday the spokesman of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bernard Valero....
An Egyptian court ordered the suspension of Libyan channels
CAIRO - An Egyptian court on Monday ordered the satellite Nilesat, belonging to the government, to suspend the broadcast of 14 Libyan channels, announced the official MENA news agency....
Syria: a crowd attacked the U.S. embassy in Damascus
DAMASCUS-The U.S. Embassy in Damascus was attacked on Monday by an angry mob after the visit of U.S. Ambassador to the rebel city of Hama (center), told AFP a source within the Embassy....
Tunisia: Arrest of a former justice minister under Ben Ali
TUNIS - Bechir Tekkari, academic and Minister in the government of ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, was arrested Monday in Tunis on order of judge of the Court of First Instance in Tunis, said a judicial source ....
Libya: the "real negotiations" with Paris and not with the rebels
ALGIERS - Seif Al-Islam Gaddafi, the second son of Libyan leader and unofficial spokesman of the regime, said that Tripoli was leading the real negotiations on the conflict in Libya with France and not with the rebels, in an interview published Monday by the Algerian daily El Khabar....
