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Singapore SM Goh urges private sector to take lead in S’pore-Libya investments By Channel NewsAsia’s Asha Popatlal in Tripoli TRIPOLI: The leaders of Singapore and Libya have called on the private sector to take the lead when it comes to investments between Singapore and Libya. However, both governments have agreed to facilitate this and look at co-investments in [...]

Italy Rejects Libyan Interference in Cabinet Decisions Could it be the Italians are starting to rouse from their slumber, and are getting fed up with islam?? (CNSNews.com) - Silvio Berlusconi has yet to take office after being re-elected Italian prime minister, but already the conservative politician faces the possibility of new tensions with some in the Muslim [...]

The Jerusalem Post has reported that diplomats from The United States, Britian, France and other countries walked out on a closed door United Nations Security Council meeting late Wednesday after Libya's Ambassador, Ibrahim Dabbashi--the only Arab country representative-- made remarks comparing the current situation of Palestinians in Gaza to what Jews suffered in Nazi concentration camps during World War II .After the long winded speech that ended in the comparison, diplomats said French Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert, US deputy ambassador Alejandro Wolff, Britain's deputy ambassador Karen Pierce, Belgian Ambassador Johan Verbeke and Costa Rica's deputy ambassador immediately walked out of the council's consultation room.South Africa's UN Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo, the current council p

Jakarta - Indonesia and Libya have agreed to step up cooperation in the field of youth affairs and to revive cooperation among former members of the Asia-Africa Conference, a minister said. Speaking to the press following a meeting with Libyan Ambassador to Indonesia M El Bishari here on Thursday, Indonesian State Minister for Youth and Sports [...]

Another clear reminder of who your real enemies are. UNITED NATIONS - For the second time in two months, Libya on Thursday blocked the U.N. Security Council from condemning violence and unrest in the Middle East. The move came after a gunman entered the library of a rabbinical seminary in Jerusalem and opened fire on a crowded [...]

The New York Sun reports that Libya is among those pushing for condemnation of Israel for exercising its right to defend itself. Some American diplomats, fortunately, are on our side trying to help. This shows that Kaddafi is still a serious problem.

Yesterday I had an op ed in the Christian Science Monitor about the Administration's problems in moving ahead with the rehabilitation of relations with Libya. Intitially, Congress did not allocate the $108 million requested by the Administration to fund a new US Embassy in Libya. Furthermore, Congress said it would not hold confirmation hearings for the Administration's ambassador designate. Congress refused to provide funding because Libya has not paid out the last $2 million per family as stipulated...(read more)

Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) bought Libyan Brega crude in its latest tender, only the second time this year it bought Libyan crude, a company source said on Monday. BPCL bought 600,000 barrels of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) bought Libyan Brega crude in its latest tender, only the second time this year it bought Libyan crude, a company source said on Monday.BPCL bought 600,000 barrels of November Brega crude from French major Total, the source added, but declined to give price details. "We were looking for low-sulphur crude," she said.Bharat bought 600,000 barrels of Brega crude for July loading earlier this year and also has a term agreement with Libya to lift around 500,000 tonnes of crude. BPCL has been diversifying its crude slate. It bought 1.6 million barrels of Russian Urals crude for October loading in its previous tender, the first time in almost nine months that it bought the Russian crude through tender.It bought its first ever cargo of Kazakh CPC Blend crude earlier this year and has also begun buying light sour Abu Dhabi crude. BPCL operates a 240,000 bpd refinery in Mumbai as well as its 150,000 bpd refinery in Kerala, run by subsidiary Kochi Refineries Ltd. It al

Okay, so I lied. Mac isn’t doing the news this Friday again, it’s me once more. The big thing I’ve been following all day has been the chaos in the House of Representatives. Apparently the pro tem Democratic chair struck the gavel too soon before a vote was ended last night, and was interpreted by the Republicans as an attempt to shut them out and cheat during a vote in the Agricultural Spending bill. Friction was high, and there are reports of Former Speaker, Republican Dennis Hastert, confronting Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, including giving him a rough shoulder on passing. The Politico reports it well, with some footage from this morning. Today, 100 Republicans stormed out in protest during the morning session, only to reconvene, argue about making changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and THEN have the computers malfunction in the House! The House recessed around 2 to fix the computers and didn’t regroup until 4. It has been non

RECIPE INGREDIENTS2 large plums, diced1 large apple, peeled, cored, and diced2 medium peaches, diced1 cup diced cantaloupe1/4 cup raisins2 tablespoons lemon juice1/2 cup honey, melted3 tablespoons butter, melted1 teaspoon cinnamon1/2 cup couscous2 tablespoons crushed pistachiosRECIPE METHODCombine, plums, apple, peaches, cantaloupe, raisins, lemon juice, and honey in a saucepan; then cover and cook over low heat for 10 minutes. Add butter, cinnamon and couscous. Cook over low heat, stirring often, until couscous is done.Transfer to a serving bowl and allow to cool for 1 hour. Sprinkle with pistachios just before serving.

European harmony is all well and good, but when a lucrative energy deal is at stake, the knives of nationalism are quick to come out. German politicians on Monday attacked the Franco-Libyan accord signed last week that promised a nuclear power plant for Tripoli, most likely to be provided by French energy conglomerate Areva. All eyes are now on scandal-racked German group Siemens, with its 34% stake in Areva's nuclear power division, to see what happens next.The parliamentary state secretary to Germany's environment ministry, Michael Muller, told the newspaper Handelsblatt on Monday that Siemens (nyse: SI - news - people ) had a responsibility to act against French President Nicolas Sarkozy's preliminary accord with his Libyan counterpart Moammar Gadhaffi. "We must know what Siemens will say about this immoral deal," he said.Libya is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, and in 2004 publicly renounced its pursuit of nuclear w

European harmony is all well and good, but when a lucrative energy deal is at stake, the knives of nationalism are quick to come out. German politicians on Monday attacked the Franco-Libyan accord signed last week that promised a nuclear power plant for Tripoli, most likely to be provided by French energy conglomerate Areva. All eyes are now on scandal-racked German group Siemens, with its 34% stake in Areva's nuclear power division, to see what happens next.The parliamentary state secretary to Germany's environment ministry, Michael Muller, told the newspaper Handelsblatt on Monday that Siemens (nyse: SI - news - people ) had a responsibility to act against French President Nicolas Sarkozy's preliminary accord with his Libyan counterpart Moammar Gadhaffi. "We must know what Siemens will say about this immoral deal," he said.Libya is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, and in 2004 publicly renounced its pursuit of nuclear w

The stories are beginning to come out, not that it matters anymore since the Libyans have already gotten everything they wanted, and more, out of the deal: Palestinian-born Dr Ashraf Alhajouj, held for eight years along with five Bulgarian nurses, said he was given electric shocks to his genitals. The doctor, a Bulgarian citizen, told Dutch TV how police dogs were set on him, but he was later forced to pretend that he had been treated well. ... In an interview conducted in Arabic on Dutch TV's Eenvandaag programme, Dr Alhajouj said the Libyan authorities had drugged him and attached electrodes to his feet and genitals. "They asked me how many days it had been since I had eaten, I said four days - I thought they were being compassionate," he was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. The Libyans then said "roasted chicken", before tying his arms and legs to a metal bar and spinning him around like a chicken on a rotisserie, the doctor said. He said some of the cells they were held

Libya relies on oil and natural gas to satisfy energy consumption demand. Economic growth in Libya is dependent on the hydrocarbon industry.According to the World Bank, the country’s hydrocarbon exports account for over 95 percent of total merchandize exports and revenues from the oil and natural gas sectors amount to over half of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).Since the United Nations and the United States lifted sanctions over Libya in 2003 and 2004, respectively, oil majors have stepped up exploration efforts for oil and natural gas in the country. Likewise, companies have tried using enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques to increase production at maturing fields. Over the next six years, Libya would like to see oil production capacity increase by 40 percent from 1.8 million barrels per day (bbl/d) to 3 million bbl/d by 2013.TO FREE DOWNLOAD -->Blogalaxia: Libya,.pdf Advertise on The ENERGY DATA WAREHOUSEwww.BajaeNergyBLOG.com

French President Nicolas Sarkozy appeared to be rewarding Libya for its cooperation in the freeing of six Bulgarian medics by signing a number of military and trade accords with the North African state Wednesday. French President Nicolas Sarkozy promised Libya military protection in case of attack and signed a series of cooperation agreements during his visit, French media reported WednesdaySarkozy's intention to forge a "strategic partnership" with Libya during his state visit to the country, which started Wednesday and was his first visit to Africa as French head of state, was a result of the liberation of six Bulgarian medics Tuesday, according to the online edition of the French magazine Le Point.Sarkozy's wife, Cecilia, and his top aide, Claude Gueant, helped negotiate the liberation of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who received Bulgarian citizenship. The six had been sentenced to death for allegedly infecting more than 400 Libyan children with AIDS.The an

At last, the nightmare of the Bulgarian nurses is over, thanks in part to Cecilia Sarkozy, who helped to free them.Now, I think the time has come to isolate Libya and to demand an apology and that they admit to fabricating those lies against the innocent nurses.

In an update to the story that Ish has been following closely, the five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor who were sentenced to death for accidentally infecting Libyan children with the AIDS virus have been freed and are on a plane headed for Bulgaria. From the NYTimes: Last week, Libya’s highest judicial council commuted the death sentences of the six medical workers to life in prison after the families of the infected children each received $1 million. That opened the way for the medical workers to be sent to Bulgaria, where they could be pardoned under a 1984 prisoner exchange agreement Libya has with it. It is good to see this kind of resolution to what was becoming an international incident. Email this post...

Libya’s High Judicial Council has revoked the death sentences for the medics accused of infecting children with HIV, commuting them to life imprisonment. While many feel that even the sentence of life imprisonment is still unjust, the commutation represents at least a small step forward, both for international diplomacy and for the individuals involved. Email this post...

Libya has begun distributing compensation money to families whose children died of HIV in Libyan hospitals. This may influence Libya’s High Judicial Council, which will soon decide the fate of several Bulgarian medics who were sentenced to death after being accused of having deliberately infected patients with HIV. Perhaps a diplomatic breakthrough is near. Email this post...

Which shows that, contrary to what the sickening leader of the Front National, Jean-Marie Le Pen, was trying to insinuate a few months ago prior to the election, Nicholas Sarkozy's marriage is doing quite well, and the first lady herself is now making an important visit to the nurses who've been wrongfully imprisoned on what sound like very fake charges:French First Lady Cecilia Sarkozy on Thursday visited five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with HIV, France's president said. Nicolas Sarkozy told reporters that on her trip his wife was also seeing Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi and meeting children infected with HIV.Libya's official news agency Jana said the meeting with Gadhafi had taken place but gave no details. Jana said Cecilia Sarkozy expressed her sympathy with the plight of Libyan children infected with HIV.The trip was Cecilia Sarkozy's first appearance on the international scene since her husband took office

news.bbc.co.uk A court in Libya hearing a defamation trial involving five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor will deliver a verdict on 27 May. The decision was taken at a hearing in Tripoli on Sunday that saw defence lawyers try to get the case dismissed. The six are accused of making false claims of [...]

SYARAT PENERIMAAN MAHASISWA DI FAKULTAS DA'WAH ISLAMIYAH LIBYASYARAT-SYARAT1. Ijazah SMA Umum, untuk melanjutkan studi ke Fakultas Ekonomi, Manajemen dan Keuangan atau Ijazah SMA Sastra atau yang setara untuk melanjutkan studi ke Fakultas Bahasa Arab, studi Islam dengan nilai (baik sekali)2. Untuk calon mahasiswa tidak lebih dari berusia 27 tahun. 3. Paspor dengan masa berlaku paling kurang 3 tahun.4. Memiliki kesehatan yang baik yang dibuktikan dengan surat keterangan dokter yang menyatakan bahwa yang bersangkutan bebas dari penyakit menular, AIDS dan TBC.Dokumen-dokumen Yang Diperlukan Untuk Pendaftaran1. Ijazah dan Daftar Nilai serta fotocopy terjemahannya yang dilegalisir di Konsul Libya di negara yang bersangkutan.2. Surat Keterangan Sehat3. Akta Kelahiran4. Fotocopy passport5 Pas Foto4x6=8 buahAlamat kedutaan besar Libya di JakartaEmbassy of Libya. Jl. Pekalongan No. 24. Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10310

A Libyan court has sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death for knowingly infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV. The medics have been in detention since 1999, during which time 52 of the 426 infected children have died of Aids. The nurses and doctor were sentenced to death in 2004, but the Supreme Court quashed the ruling after protests over the fairness of the trial. The defendants say they are being made scapegoats for unhygienic hospitals.Libya sentences medics to death - full story via bbc news     Study backs Libya HIV case medicsTechnorati TagsNews Libya HIV Aids

 Updated April 18, 2008    Russia is ready to write off Libya's $4,5 billion debt for the set of large contracts. JSC Russian Railways' contract for railway construction in Libya will provide the three fourths of the sum - almost $3,5 billion. Moreover, the set of agreements for military equipment supplies ...