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Oscars to still use PwC accountancy firm despite best film blunder

Mar 30, 2017

BBC - Oscars organisers are to continue using accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) despite the best film mix-up.PwC had taken responsibility for the "unacceptable" mistake which saw La La Land wrongly announced as the…

Tripoli-based CBL receives 150 million dinars printed in Britain

Mar 30, 2017

A shipment of LYD150 million arrived on Wednesday at the Tripoli Mitiga airport coming from Britain.The cargo of new-printed banknotes was received by representatives of the Tripoli-based Central Bank of Libya (CBL).This is a…

France Press cameraman Abdullah Duma freed

Mar 30, 2017

The cameraman of France Press, Abdullah Duma, was freed yesterday after he was arrested on Tuesday for throwing a party of the Earth Hour celebration in Benghazi.The Benghazi Criminal Investigation Department (BCID) arrested Duma…

Philippine Overseas Employment Administration ponders easing ban on work in Libya

Mar 30, 2017

Manila Bulletin - The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said it is considering lifting the partial deployment ban in Libya amid the increasing demand for Filipino workers in the oil-rich North African country.…

Turkey ends its military operation in Syria

Mar 30, 2017

BBC - Turkey says it has "successfully" ended its seven-month Euphrates Shield military campaign in northern Syria.But Prime Minister Binali Yildirim did not rule out new military operations and did not say whether Turkish troops…

iPhone users duped by fake ransomware asking for money to unlock browser

Mar 29, 2017

BBC - Apple has issued an iPhone software update after reports of fake ransomware attacks where money was demanded in order to unlock the handset's browser.A pop-up screen accused the phone owner of accessing illegal…

Irish MPs urge government to publicly discuss IRA payment by Libyan government

Mar 29, 2017

News Letter - Campaigners believe they are close to forcing the government to publicly detail why it is opposing efforts to tap assets linked to Col Muammar Gaddafi to compensate victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism.…

Egypt court slams preacher with two years in jail for blasphemy

Mar 29, 2017

Anadolu Agency - An Egyptian court on Wednesday slapped a controversial Muslim preacher with a two-year jail sentence for “blasphemy”, according to a local judicial source.Mohamed Abdullah Nasr -- popularly known as “Mizo” --…

US soldier died in northern Syria, officials said

Mar 29, 2017

Fox News - The United States-led coalition says an American service member died of "natural causes" in Northern Syria Wednesday.The statement did not give any more information. The name of the service member is being withheld…

Hike in oil prices upon Libyan oilfields’ disruption

Mar 29, 2017

Reuters - Oil prices extended gains on Wednesday despite an increase in U.S. crude inventories, lifted by Libyan supply disruptions and expectations of an OPEC-led output cut being extended.Front-month Brent crude futures rose 25…

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