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- Kuwait jails former MPs for criticising emir
- Lufthansa halts Libya flights due to security worries
- Second party to quit crumbling Slovenia government
| Kuwait jails former MPs for criticising emir Posted: 05 Feb 2013 05:05 AM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content]KUWAIT (Reuters) - A Kuwaiti court sentenced three former opposition lawmakers to three years in jail on Tuesday for comments deemed offensive towards the ruling emir, the second such conviction in three days. 
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| Lufthansa halts Libya flights due to security worries Posted: 05 Feb 2013 05:00 AM PST FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Lufthansa and its subsidiary Austrian Airlines have halted flights to Tripoli due to insecurity in Libya, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Lufthansa, which flew three times a week to Tripoli, resumed flights to the Libyan capital in February 2012 after rebels ousted former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Austrian, bought by Lufthansa in 2009, flew to Tripoli twice a week. "We have taken the decision given the developments in Tripoli and the tense situation in the region," the Lufthansa spokeswoman said. It was the second time this year that flights to a Libyan city have been cancelled due to security concerns. Air Malta said it had cancelled flights to Benghazi last month after Britain said it was aware of a "specific and imminent" threat to Westerners in the eastern Libyan city. The company resumed its flights to the city four days later. Libyans are calling for demonstrations to commemorate the second anniversary of the start of the uprising that overthrew Gaddafi's government and security has been stepped up at international embassies and companies. Protests planned for February 15 will be a test for Libyan authorities which have failed to rein in a myriad of heavily armed militias which have refused to join the police and army after end of the war. (Additional reporting by Hadeel Al Shalchi in Tripoli; Editing by Jon Hemming) Copyright © 2013 Reuters | ||
| Second party to quit crumbling Slovenia government Posted: 05 Feb 2013 04:55 AM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content]LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Another junior partner will leave Slovenia's minority government this month over a corruption scandal involving Prime Minister Janez Jansa that has engulfed his cabinet. 
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