Abuja  - At least 163 Nigerians deported from Libya arrived in Lagos on a flight Wednesday.

Manila  - Libya will beef up its peacekeeping force in the southern Philippines amid fears that hostilities between the military and Muslim separatist rebels would escalate following the pull-out o

Rome  -  A diplomatic crisis was brewing Saturday over remarks by Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi's son, Saif el-Islam, against the possible inclusion in Italy's government of a former minister embroi

Tripoli (dpa) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, on one of his final foreign trips, will hold further talks on Thursday with Libyan President Moammer Gaddafi about the idea of building an organization of major natural gas producers.

Putin began his trip to Libya on Wednesday - one of his final foreign trip before the end of his presidential term on May 7. Later Thursday he will go to Italy.

Moscow seeks to strengthen cooperation with Tripoli in economic, scientific and oil and gas projects, Putin told Gaddafi.

Putin said he was pleased with the activities of Russian firms in oil explorations in Libya.

Russia's natural gas company Gazprom unveiled plans last week for joint gas projects in Libya with Italy's Eni.

Moscow  -  Russian President Vladimir Putin will fly to Tripoli for talks with Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi on April 16-17, the Kremlin said on Monday.

Berlin - A member of the security detail of Germany's top soldier was involved in the secret training of police in Libya, sources in the German armed forces said Sunday.