Libya News and Views Tuesday, 16 October, 2001: Lawyers for a Libyan intelligence agent convicted in the Lockerbie bombing said Monday that they will present new evidence during their appeal in a case that exposed the complexity of putting terrorism on trial. In a preliminary hearing that began the appeal in a special Scottish court in the Netherlands, judges scheduled substantive arguments for late January. Al-Megrahi was sentenced Jan. 31 to life imprisonment for killing 270 people, 179 of them Americans, in the 1988 explosion. Since then, he has been the only occupant of the lockup on the compound near a former air force base that was converted to a court facility for the trial. A second suspect, Lamen Fhimah, was acquitted and returned to a hero's welcome in Libya. [AP] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuesday, 16 October, 2001: A full enquiry into mysteries surrounding the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing is vital following the September 11 attacks in the U.S., Lockerbie victims' families have said. They vowed to press on with demands for an independent investigation after Scottish judges denied a plea by the sister of a stewardess killed in the explosion for such a probe. "If we had had a proper enquiry, the events of Sept. 11 possibly might never have happened," said John Mosey, whose daughter died on Pan Am 103 on Dec. 21, 1988. De Larracoechea, who lost her sister when the New York-bound jet exploded, said the real culprits have never been identified due to conflicts of interest and political expediency. A Libyan intelligence agent was sentenced last January to life imprisonment for killing 270 people in the 1988 airliner bombing. [Reuters] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuesday, 16 October, 2001: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi in Tripoli on Sunday to discuss sliding oil prices, the official Libyan news agency JANA reported. Chavez was in Tripoli for a few hours before heading to Brussels, Belgium. Chavez said he would like to see prices return to OPEC's target range of $22 to $28 a barrel and is considering calling for an emergency meeting of OPEC heads of state. [AP] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuesday, 16 October, 2001: Uganda's President Museveni met with a Libyan investment delegation led by the Assistant minister of African Unity for Investment, Dr. Khaled Zentuti. The delegation included Mohammed el-Huwej who is chairman and managing director of Lafico, a private Libyan company responsible for investment worldwide. [The Monitor] _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
