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The High Council of State (HCS) denounced the statements delivered by the Foreign Minister-designate of the UN-proposed government, Mohammed Sayala, in which he described Khalifa Haftar as legitimate “Marshal” on Erem News channel.

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The Libyan national soccer team has advanced one rank on the list of the FIFA World Ranking as it came 85 internationally on Thursday morning.

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The Investigations Bureau of the Criminal Investigation Department revealed Thursday the details of the murder of Emimen family in Sooq Al-Khamis, Al-Khums, which shook the Libyan public opinion on November 26.

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Four children have been confirmed dead after a fuel tanker exploded in a petrol station in Misrata on Thursday.

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A MIG-23 fighter aircraft crashed in Tarhouna city, 88km southeast of Tripoli, killing the two pilots on board.

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The General Prosecutor at Al-Zawiya Appeals Court ordered the release of the three Tunisian trawlers that were detained by the Libyan Coast Guard when they were fishing in the Libyan territorial waters in Al-Zawiya back on November 15 with 54 anglers aboard. This verdict follows the December 06 verdict in which the fishermen were all released.

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The Libyan coach, Abdelhafith Arbish, said he agreed with the interim committee at Al-Itihad club to be assigned as the team’s manager for the next season, adding that the signing and details of the contract will be clarified once a new administration for the soccer team take positions.

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Libya’s champion, Al-Ahli, will play Ghana’s counterpart, Wall Star FC, in the qualifications round of the CAF Champions League, while Al-Hilal will play Ulinzi Stars from Kenya at the qualifications round of the CAF Confederation Cup next February.

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For the consecutive 23^rd day, travelers’ movement in and out of the Ras Ajdair border with Tunisia is still halted from both sides over the protests of Ben Guerdane residents near Libyan border as they are protesting Libya’s governmental decision to ban exporting commodities that are imported by foreign currency outside Libya.   

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The Chairman of the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mustafa Sanallah departed the closed meeting of the OPEC members on Thursday due to the renewal of the term in office of the OPEC Secretary General, Kuwaiti national, Abbas Al-Naqi. Sanallah said he withdrew from the meeting in protest of extending the term of Al-Naqi using lobbying, adding that such a behavior is unprofessional and unfair as he has been in office for nine years and has nothing new to add to the OPEC.   

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Al-Sharara oilfield output reached 58 barrels on the first day of it reoperation after two years of closure, the National Oil Corporation has said. The NOC did not talk about the details of not resuming production in Al-Feel oilfield yet.

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The deputy head of the Civil Registry, Rashid Al-Saiti, said they had canceled four thousand family papers in Al-Bayda office as they were proved to be forged after 2011, adding that they decided to do so after they had formed an inspection committee, which then rendered the papers as fake.