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Swiss government frustrated over row with Libya
Geneva - Switzerland's government said Thursday it was disappointed with the systematic refusal of Libya to cooperate on an agreement signed two months ago to restore diplomatic relations between the countries and return two detained Swiss national...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

EU calls for cooperation with Libya to tackle illegal immigration
Brussels - European Union leaders Friday called for greater cooperation with Libya to stop illegal immigrants from reaching the bloc and floated the idea of sharing the cost of repatriating them. The demands came in response to a request led by Franc...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Italy and France seek EU-Libya accord to curb illegal immigration
Rome - Italy and France want the European Union to clinch a deal with Libya aimed at helping the North African nation control its borders and stem the flown of illegal immigrants across the Mediterranean to Europe, the Italian government said Friday....

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Swiss businessmen 'terrified' of leaving embassy in Tripoli
Geneva/Tripoli - Two Swiss businessmen detained in Libya since the summer of 2008 are terrified of leaving their country's embassy in Tripoli, a newspaper Friday quoted the wife of one as saying. Speaking to the Swiss daily Le Matin after Libyan Fo...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Business ]

Report: Libyan leader Gaddafi wants official post for his son
Cairo - Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi asked senior officials to find an official post for his son Saif al-Islam so that he could complete his reforms in Libya, media reports said on Thursday. Gaddafi was speaking at a secret meeting in Sebha, sout...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

ABB says concerned over employee missing in Libya
Geneva - ABB, the power technologies group, said Friday it was concerned for the fate of its employee in Libya who has not had any contact with the firm in five weeks, a day after the Swiss government express increased frustration with Tripoli. ABB ...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Libyan minister: Missing Swiss are 'doing well'
Zurich - A top Libyan minister, in remarks to the Zurich paper Neue Zuricher Zeitung (NZZ) Sunday, said that two Swiss nationals missing for weeks in Libya were doing well and rejected Swiss claims they had been kidnapped. Amid the rising diplomati...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

UN summit unlikely to find new funds to fight hunger - Feature
Rome - Leaders acted swiftly on the opening day of this week's United Nations food summit in Rome, and Libya's Moamer Gaddafi was even praised for the record-breaking brevity of his speech by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. On Monday, jus...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Health ]



 
 

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