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Italian migration odyssey 'Io Capitano' hopes to connect with viewers regardless of politics
MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Italian director Matteo Garrone hopes that the way his film “Io Capitano” frames the journey taken by Senegalese teenagers to Europe as an adventure, albeit a harrowing one, will make it more compelling to audiences regardless of politics. The film,...
Libya's eastern government holds conference on reconstruction of coastal city destroyed by floods
CAIRO (AP) — An international conference on reconstruction of one of Libya’s coastal cities, decimated in a fatal flood in September, began Wednesday, one of Libya's rival governments announced. In the early hours of Sept. 11, two dilapidated dams in the mountains above the...
Adel Omran, Associated Press video producer in Libya, dies at 46
CAIRO (AP) — Adel Omran, a video producer in chaos-stricken Libya for The Associated Press, has died. He was 46. Omran died at his family home in the Egyptian Mediterranean city of Port Said early Friday after suffering a heart attack, his family said. Before...
Today in History: October 20, 3 members of Lynyrd Skynyrd killed in plane crash
Today in History Today is Friday, Oct. 20, the 293rd day of 2023. There are 72 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 20, 1977, three members of the rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd, including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, were killed...
NGO rescue ship saves 258 migrants off Libya in two operations
ABOARD THE GEO BARENTS (AP) — A nonprofit rescue ship operating off the coast of Libya saved 258 migrants in two separate operations in the early hours of Friday morning. The first of the two rescues involved a 7-meter-long (23-foot-long) wooden boat filled with 162 migrants,...
French judges file charges against ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy in a case linked to Libya
PARIS (AP) — French investigative judges filed preliminary charges on Friday against former President Nicolas Sarkozy for his alleged involvement in an attempt to mislead magistrates in order to clear him in a case regarding the suspected illegal financing from Libya of his 2007 presidential...
Icy flood that killed at least 41 in India's northeast was feared for years
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of rescuers dug through slushy debris and fast-flowing, icy water Friday in a search for survivors after a glacial lake overflowed and burst through a dam in India's Himalayan north, a disaster that many had warned was possible for years. The flood began...
U.S ambassador to Libya says deadly floods have spurred efforts to unify the north African country
CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. Ambassador to Libya said Thursday that the deadly floods that devastated a Libyan coastal city last month have spurred new efforts to unify the oil rich country. During an online news conference, Richard Norland insisted that the tragedy, which killed...
UN envoy calls for a 'unified mechanism' to lead reconstruction of Libya's flood-wrecked city
CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations’ top official in divided Libya on Monday called for a unified mechanism to lead the reconstruction of a coastal city that was wrecked by devastating floods last month. U.N. Special Envoy for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said in a statement that such a...
Italy and Libya resume commercial flights after 10-year hiatus, officials say
CAIRO (AP) — Italy and war-torn Libya on Saturday resumed commercial flights for the first time in a decade, authorities in the Libyan capital said. Flight MT522, operated by the Libyan carrier Medsky Airways, departed Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli for Rome's Leonardo da...
