> > > >Libya > >News and Views Aug 17 > >Thursday, 17 August, 2000: Libya, which is paying millions of dollars to free >nine Westerners held hostage by Muslim rebels for four , 16 August, 2000: >France has asked Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi to mediate the negotiations >between the Philippine government and Muslim rebels on the release of a dozen >hostages taken by the rebels last April, reported the local popular weekly >Canard Enchaine in its latest issue dated Wednesday. Three French hostages are >among the group of tourists who were taken hostage by Philippine Muslim rebels >of Abu Sayyaf in April. Canard Enchaine quoted its sources as saying that >France has asked Libya to pay for the ransom to the hostage takers and will in >exchange help Libya break its diplomatic isolation. [Xinhua] Wednesday, 16 >August, 2000: Libya's Colonel Moarbes, a Lebanese-French woman, as first >priority. According to the report, which did not identify its sources, Ismail >also told the Lebanese mission that Libya is willing to pay $24 million for >the release of the remaining hostages, adding that in the case of release the >men and women would be encouraged to visit Tripoli to thank the Qadhafis. [AP] > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
