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Traffic diversions at Sterna tunnel due to maintenance
There will be traffic diversions in force at the Sterna tunnel on the Corinth-Tripoli highway Monday through Friday due to maintenance works, authorities announced.
Vehicles heading toward Tripoli will only be able to use a single lane inside the tunnel, while traffic heading in the direction of Corinth will be narrowed to one lane outside the tunnel.
Odalovic: We still have no official confirmation that Tomic is free
BELGRADE - Secretary General at the Serbian Foreign Ministry Veljko Odalovic said Wednesday that he believed that the information about the freeing of a Serbian national kidnapped in Libya was true, but it had not been confirmed officially yet.
Confidence vote on hold as Libya unity govt asserts authority
Libya's parliament postponed a vote of confidence expected to be held on April 19 on a new UN-backed unity government even as it asserted its authority by assuming control of two ministries.
Deputies told AFP a special session of the internationally-recognised parliament, to be held in the eastern city of Tobruk, failed to take place because of "big differences".
Libya's Tripoli-based government says will 'cease duties'
One of Libya's rival governments resigned on April 5, a step that helps efforts by a new, U.N.-brokered unity government to assert itself in the capitol, Tripoli, despite opposition from some local militias.
Ancient marketplace found in Denizli
Ongoing excavations in the ancient city of Tripoli in the western province of Denizli's Buldan district have unearthed a 2,000-year-old market place, indicating that the city was a significant center of trade in the past.
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Libya's Tripoli government declares a state of emergency
Libya's National Salvation government in Tripoli has declared a state of emergency after reports that four members of the rival United Nations' unity government have arrived.
UN extends mission in Libya
The United Nations Security Council decided on extending the U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until June 15 to help the country to establish a government.
The resolution requested U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to report to the Security Council on the implementation of this resolution at least every 60 days.
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Libya unit urges power transfer to unity gov't
Libya's U.N.-backed Presidential Council called on the country's institutions March 12 to begin a transfer of authority to a unity government, and appealed to the international community to stop dealing with any rival powers.
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Tunisia kills 28 jihadists after attack near border
At least 28 jihadists, 10 members of the security forces and seven civilians were killed yesterday in fighting in Tunisia near the Libyan border, the government has said.
Authorities ordered a nighttime curfew as troops deployed across the border town of Ben Guerdane to hunt for others involved in the coordinated pre-dawn attack.
Serbia, US at Odds Over Diplomats' Deaths in Libya
Serbia and the US continue to dispute the causes of the deaths in Libya of the two kidnapped Serbian embassy employes, Sladjana Stankovic and Jovica Stepic.
Belgrade maintains a US air strike against the Islamic State, ISIS, last week killed them but Pentagon officials blame a "criminal group", which it says used the US bombing as an alibi to kill them.
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