Libya News and Viwes
Wednesday, 28 November, 2001: A charitable foundation run by Libyan leader
Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi's son has asked the United Nations and the International
Committee of the Red Cross to help it repatriate Afghan Arabs loyal to
terror suspect Osama bin Laden to
Libya News and Views
Saturday, 27 October, 2001: Libya shut its airports and ports on Friday and
cut telephone links with the outside world to mark a day of mourning for a
mass deportation by colonial power Italy 90 years ago, Libyan media said.
"All international laws and conventions co
Libya News and Views
Thursday, 25 October, 2001: The Qadhafi Foundation headed by Seif al-Islam
al-Qadhafi said Wednesday it has sent a shipment of humanitarian goods and a
donation of 100,000 dollars for Afghan refugees in Pakistan. The shipment of
15,000 tents, 5,000 blankets and 500 tonnes
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
Libya News and Views
Monday, 17 September, 2001: Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi has called
for an international conference on terrorism, saying past calls to that
effect from Libya and Egypt had remained unheeded. Qadhafi was speaking at a
public rally in Soloug, 30 miles south of Ben
Libya News and Views
Saturday, 25 August, 2001: The Libyan cleared of the Lockerbie bombing
called for the release of his convicted co-accused on Friday, saying he was
sure Abel Basset al-Megrahi was innocent of the 1988 atrocity. Al-Amin
Fahima, who was cleared in January of planting the bomb
Libya News and Views
Friday, 17 August, 2001: Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi will pay his
first official visit to a former Soviet republic later this month when he
flies to Belarus for talks with President Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarus
foreign ministry announced Thursday. Qadha
Libya News and Views
Thursday, 9 August, 2001: Two leading international civil rights lawyers
have joined the appeal to free the Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie
bombing. Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz and leading human rights advocate
Michael Mansfield have now stepped in to bolster his
Libya News and Views
Wednesday, 1 August, 2001: The European Union's head office warned
Washington on Tuesday that it would complain to the World Trade Organization
if the U.S. tried to penalize Europeans who do business with Iran and Libya.
EU Commissioner for External Relations Chris P
Libya News and Views
Monday, 30 July, 2001: Libya on Saturday condemned the five-year renewal of
sanctions on foreign companies investing in its oil and gas sectors, which
was passed by the US congress last week. "We condemn this surprising
decision that we categorically reject,"
Libya News and Views
Sunday, 24 June, 2001: The wife of Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav
president, urged his Socialist party executive last week to engineer a
popular uprising aimed at saving him from the ignominy of being sent for
trial at the international war crimes tribunal in the
Libya News and Views
Saturday, 16 June, 2001: Libya and Tunisia on Thursday reiterated support
for the Palestinian people in their struggle for restoration of their
legitimate rights, including the establishment of an independent Palestinian
state with Jerusalem as the capital. Libya and
Libya News and Views
Friday, 8 June, 2001: Iraq, Egypt, Syria and Libya on Thursday signed an
agreement on establishing a free trade zone to bolster their economic
cooperation. The accord was signed at the end of the 73rd ministerial
meeting of the Arab Economic Unity Council, held in Iraq
Libya News and Views
Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi on Saturday condemned the US Africa
policy, but expressed satisfaction with European policy toward Africa. "The
African continent does not oppose U.S. President George W. Bush's call for
the establishment of an economi
Libya News and Views
Thursday, 24 May, 2001: The Organization of African Unity (OAU) is being
transformed on Saturday into a higher form of union as envisaged by its
founding fathers on 25 May, 1963, when signing its historic Charter.
Thirty-eight years later, a day after OAU's annive
their
countries.
Patasse arrived in Tripoli late Thursday.
His country is a member of the Community of the Sahel-Sahara States
(SIN-SAD), which also groups Libya, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Chad, Djibouti,
Eritrea, Gambia, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan and Tunisia.
Libya News an
Sunday, 6 May, 2001: Two of the states accused in a US report of
involvement in terrorism have hit back by accusing Washington itself of
responsibility for terrorist acts. Iran and Libya as well as Iraq, North
Korea, Cuba, Sudan, Libya and Syria were cited in the US State Department's
annual rev
Libya News and Views
Monday, 23 April, 2001: Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi is urging Africans
to drive white people out of the continent and make them pay compensation
for their exploitation of it. "The white colonialists have no place in
Africa and their presence is unlaw
Libya News and Views
Saturday, 21 April, 2001: Libya said Friday that U.S. sanctions against it
had failed and declared that the trial of two Libyans over the 1988 bombing
of a Pan-Am airliner had cleared Tripoli of any blame. Libyan African Unity
Minister Ali Triki's comments were the
Libya News and Views
Wednesday, 18 April, 2001: The United Arab Emirates al-Bayan daily issued
on Saturday said that the lawyers defending the Libyan citizen Abdul-Baset
al-Megrahi have received information that will negate his links to exploding
the Pan Am plane over Lockerbie. The paper
Libya News and Views
Saturday, 14 April, 2001: Guo Boxiong, executive deputy chief of General
Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, met in Beijing Friday with
Hamdi Swaihli, chief of staff of Libyan Navy. Guo said that China and Libya
share identical or similar views in
Libya News and Views
Thursday, 12 April, 2001: Thirty-six states have ratified the African Union,
according to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which means that the
body dreamed up by Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi is close to becoming a
reality. Six states that have ratifie
;We only want
one thing, the evidence of our brother's guilt. The condemnation of an
innocent person on purely political grounds causes us a lot of pain."
Libya News and Views
Tuesday, 10 April, 2001: The Arab League said on Monday that Libya has the
right to be compensated for losses re
Libya News and Views
Sunday, 8 April, 2001: A United Nations observer at the trial of two Libyans
accused of the Lockerbie bombing has said the judgment appeared to be
politically influenced. Speaking at a conference on the trial at the Arab
League headquarters in Cairo, Austrian philosophy
Saturday, 7 April, 2001: Preparations are underway for convening the 7th
session of the Libyan-Egyptian higher joint committee in Tripoli very soon.
Arab diplomatic sources said that some 23 draft projects will be submitted
to the committee. The sources noted that these agreements include signin
Libya News and Views
Friday, 6 April, 2001: Italian foreign minister Lamberto Dini said Thursday
that he was "very satisfied" of the good relations existing between Italy
and Libya. Speaking at a news conference to end his brief Tunisian visit,
Dini commended the fact that over th
Libya News and Views
Thursday, 29 March, 2001: Here are the main points of the final communique
from the Arab summit in Amman [concerning Libya] : The leaders "demand the
Security Council to lift sanctions imposed on Libya immediately and
permanently based on Libya's compliance with t
Wednesday, 28 March, 2001: At the two-day Arab summit in Amman, Jordan,
Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi proposed that Israel should join the
22-member Arab League, but under certain conditions. "All the Palestinians
must return to the occupied territories, Israel must agree to eliminate
weap
Monday, 26 March, 2001: Libyan leader Col. Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi arrived
Sunday in the Jordanian capital of Amman to take part in Tuesday's Arab
summit. Qadhafi was received at the airport by Jordan's King Abdullah II and
was the first Arab leader to arrive in the kingdom for the summit. The
Libya
Monday, 19 March, 2001: Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi called on Libyans
Sunday to devote their economic strength to the development of Africa,
saying Libya's future lies in the continent. "Your future and the future of
your children is in Africa. ... You have money, oil and gas; Africa should
Thursday, 15 March, 2001: Palestinian President Yasser Arafat arrived in
Libya on Wednesday for talks with Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi,
Palestinian officials said. They said Arafat's talks with Qadhafi would
focus on Arab support for the Palestinian uprising against the Israeli
occupation
aimed on 2 March in Sirte, 450 km east of Tripoli, during
the fifth extraordinary summit of the OAU.
Libya News and Views
Wednesday, 14 March, 2001: France's highest court has ruled that Libyan
leader Colonel Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi cannot be prosecuted in connection with
the bomb attack on
Libya News and Views
Friday, 9 March, 2001: Nigeria Thursday urged the African countries to take
more active actions to promote the materialization of the African Union
(AU). The signing of the AU Treaty is a right step in the right direction,
said Bimbola Ogunkelu, Nigeria's minist
Monday, 5 March, 2001: Libyan President Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi has received a
message from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in which Mubarak stressed his
country's backing to the foundation of the African federation and its
readiness to proceed forward into African unity. In his message, the
Egypt
that he had written the leaders of these two countries and the
UN secretary general to remind them of their commitments but up to now Libya
has not received any reprieve.
Libya News and Views
Friday, 2 March, 2001: Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi, calling for a
"United States o
Thursday, 1 March, 2001: African leaders have begun arriving at the Libyan
town of Sirte for a summit which will discuss proposals for an African
Union. Forty-four African countries which belong to the Organisation of
African Unity have expressed their support for such a union, although it
would
ied his plan, he would probably
have the immense pleasure of seeing a strong, albeit poor, U.S.A bravely
facing a bullying and threatening, rich and powerful U.S.A. But that will
not happen in 2001 as he had wished.
Libya News and Views
Wednesday, 28 February, 2001: France's top pu
on context.
For him, the adoption of the constitutive act of the Union by 40 States and
its ratification expected from more than 44 Heads of State at the Sirte II
summit was a favourable sign.
"The Union which yesterday was a sheer dream, has become a concrete reality
which no one can deny," he
Wednesday, 21 February, 2001: The 5th extraordinary Organisation of African
Unity (OAU) Summit to discuss the African Union billed for March in Sirte,
Libya was at the centre of recent discussions in Gaborone, Botswana between
OAU secretary general Salim Ahmed Salim and President Festus G. Mogae
Libya News and Views
Tuesday, 20 February, 2001: Libya recently informed South Korea that it will
make a claim for over US $1.2 billion in compensation for any failure by
Dong Ah Construction Co. to proceed with the construction of the Great
Manmade Waterway in Libya, a Korean ruling party
Libya News and Views
Sunday, 18 February, 2001: Middle Eastern states reacted with indignation to
the air strikes on Iraq. The following are a selection of quotes: ... Libyan
Government statement: "Libya... reiterates its denunciation of this
aggression and it reaffirms its support for
airman of the
community's presidential council, replacing Chadian President Idris Debbi.
Libya News and Views
Thursday, 15 February, 2001: U.N. Security Council members appear willing
for now to give the U.S. and Britain time to negotiate with Libya on their
outstanding demands bef
d his strong criticism of the ruling
by the Scottish court, saying that an innocent defendant has been sentenced.
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Libya News and Views
Wednesday, 14 February, 2001: Libya's U.N. ambassador balked Tuesday at
U.S. and British demands that Libya accept responsibility for an
intelligence agent
on 2/13/01 3:45 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Tuesday, 13 February, 2001: The Libyan sentenced to life in prison for the
> 1988 Pan Am bombing reaffirmed his innocence and said in an interview
> published Monday that he is fasting to be closer to God. ``God is my wi
Tuesday, 13 February, 2001: The Libyan sentenced to life in prison for the
1988 Pan Am bombing reaffirmed his innocence and said in an interview
published Monday that he is fasting to be closer to God. ``God is my witness
that I am innocent, I have never committed any crime and I have no
connec
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Monday, 12 February, 2001: Jordan's King Abdullah held talks with Libyan
leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi on Sunday on bilateral cooperation and latest
dev
Libya News and Views
Friday, 9 February, 2001: Chadian President Idriss Deby, met Wednesday in
Tripoli with Libyan leader Col. Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi on bilateral and
continental issues, officials said. With his host, Deby, who is also
Chairman of the Community of Sahelo-Saharan States (SI
Thursday, 8 February, 2001: Libyan secret agent Abdel-Basset al-Megrahi has
gone on hunger strike after being convicted of the Lockerbie bombing. One of
his original lawyers said al-Megrahi had begun refusing food and was
"depressed". Al-Megrahi announced on Wednesday he was appealing against hi
Libya News and Views
Tuesday, 6 February, 2001: Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi on Monday
rejected any compensation to the victims of the Lockerbie bombing without
Washington paying in turn for those it has wronged, and proclaimed a Libyan
jailed by the Scottish judiciary a "host
Libya News and Views
Monday, 5 February, 2001: Libyans are preparing themselves for new evidence
in the Lockerbie case that the country's leader, Colonel Mu'ammar
al-Qadhafi, has promised to reveal on Monday. The Libyan leader says his
evidence will prove that Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, i
Sunday, 4 February, 2001: Three Libyans slashed their throats with razors on
Saturday in apparent suicide attempts to protest the conviction of Libyan
secret agent Abel-Basset al-Megrahi for the Lockerbie airliner bombing,
witnesses said. They were among thousands demonstrating in the center of
nt".
He hoped Bush would act like his father, who was "a man of integrity".
Mandela said he had spoken to Gaddafi on Wednesday, but would not reveal
details.
He planned to meet the Libyan ambassador to South Africa last night.
Libya News and Views
Saturday, 3 February,
KOMINFORM: Waiting for the result for the p o l i t i c a l Lockerbie
trial farce:
Wednesday, 31 January, 2001: Whatever the verdict in the Lockerbie bombing
trial, the United States cannot soon drop all of the sanctions built up over
two decades of conflict with Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qa
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Thursday, 1 February, 2001: The Libyan Government has said it will never
accept responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing, following the conviction of
an alleged Libyan agent for the attack. Libya has called for the immediate
lifting of sanctions imposed by the United Nations over the
LNV
Sunday, 28 January, 2001: Libya's President Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi Wednesday
noon received Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa Mero and the
accompanying delegation. The meeting was attended by Secretary General of
the General Popular Committee Mubarak al-Shamekh and Secretary of the
Popular
Monday, 22 January, 2001: A delegation from the Arab Writers Union (AWU)
arrived in Baghdad Sunday on a Syrian plane to take part in an anti-Israeli
conference, the official Iraqi agency INA reported. The delegation includes
83 figures from various Arab countries, including the AWU's general
se
Monday, 22 January, 2001: A delegation from the Arab Writers Union (AWU)
arrived in Baghdad Sunday on a Syrian plane to take part in an anti-Israeli
conference, the official Iraqi agency INA reported. The delegation includes
83 figures from various Arab countries, including the AWU's general
s
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Thursday, 18 January, 2001: A key Lockerbie witness was a greedy "liar and
fantasist" who implicated Libya in the 1988 aircraft bombing in the hope of
lining his own pocke
Thursday, 11 January, 2001: Libyan leader Col. Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi has
called on all the scientific and economic potentialities of Libya to
mobilise in order to build the future and solve the country's problems,
through planning mechanisms instituted by the general planning council.
Chairing in
Wednesday, 10 January, 2001: Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan arrived
in Tripoli on Tuesday for a two-day official visit to Libya. He was greeted
at the Tripoli military airport by Minister of Foreign Communication and
International Cooperation Abdul-Rahman Shalgam and other senior Libya
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Subject: Libya News and Views Jan 7
Sunday, 7 January, 2001: Libya has denounced the American decision released
on Thursday which extended economic sanctions on Libya for six more months,
describing this decision as unfair. In his comment on
>Friday, 15 December, 2000: Sixty-seven countries have signed up to the UN
>convention against organized crime, signaling their agreement to crushing
>cross-border criminality but two protocols, one of which outlaws human
>trafficking, are proving a sticking point for many states. The 67 states,
Tuesday, 5 December, 2000: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday
received the secretary of the Libyan people's general committee for African
unity Ali al-Tureiki. Al-Tureiki expressed happiness to visit Syria and to
have met with President Assad. In statements to the press following his
mee
Libya News and Views
Friday, 1 December, 2000: Commenting on the United Nations
Secretary-General's report about landmines, Libya's representative to the
U.N. said that it was regrettable that the report did not refer to
countries that had planted mines in the territories of other
Libya News and Views Dec 1
Friday, 1 December, 2000: Russia holds talks with Libya on the resumption
of military cooperation, Vice-Premier of the Russian government Ilya
Klebanov told journalists on Thursday. According to him, during this year
three sessions of the Russian-Libyan Commission for
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>Tuesday, 28 November, 2000: Al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah, one of the two Libyans
>accused of planting the bomb that exploded on board a Pan Am aeroplane over
>Lockerbie in 1988, could go free this week if his lawyer can show there is
>insufficient evidence to sustain his trial. As the sev
Libyan News and Views.
Sunday, 12 November, 2000: Ministers from the Organization of Oil Exporting
Countries will hold informal bilateral talks on Sunday, OPEC President said
Saturday. Ministers are meeting to consider the current market situation
and assess winter oil demand. They will also ex
>November 10
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Libya's Ambassador to the United Nations, Abuzed Dorda, said Libya is a
better example of democracy, "not the ridiculous model of the United
States." He was one of about a score of speakers in the General Assembly on
what has become the annual debate on "the necessity of ending the
Extracts.
>Thursday, 9 November, 2000: A summit of African leaders in Libya agreed
>Wednesday to send a force of "neutral" African nations to the Democratic
>Republic of Congo's (DRC) in a bid to end that country's civil war, a senior
>Libyan official said. The Libyan minister for African Unity,
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>Sunday, 29 October, 2000: The UN General Assembly adopted by near unanimous
>vote on Thursday a resolution criticizing unilateral sanctions, which Libya
>said was aimed at the United States. The measure, sponsored by Libya, calls
>for the repeal of "unilaterally imposed extraterritori
>Friday, 15 September, 2000: Libya on Thursday reiterated its call for the
>United Nations to lift permanently the sanctions imposed on it following the
>bombing of an airliner over the Scottish village of Lockerbie. Libyan Minister
>for International Cooperation Abdurrahman Shalgem (photo) told
Wednesday, 13 September, 2000:
In the highest-level German visit to Libya since Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi took
power three decades ago, Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer was heading to
Tripoli Tuesday to thank Libya's authorities for their help in freeing
hostages in the Philippines. Earlier Tuesday i
Sunday, 10 September, 2000:
Economic sanctions imposed on poor countries are just as threatening as
terrorist acts of violence, Libya's foreign minister told world leaders at
the U.N. Millennium Summit. ``In order for the international community to
combat terrorism, we should, first and foremost
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Saturday, 9 September, 2000: Libya has invited international oil
petrochemical industries, the Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) reported
on Monday. The authoritative industry newsletter said Libya's National Oil
Corporation (NOC) is seeking bidding from a selected number of compan
Friday, 8 September, 2000:
Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi
expressed optimism Thursday that Libya's strained
relations with the United States could be eased and normal ties restored. ``I
believe there is nothing which prevents the resuming or normalizing of relations
between the twocountrie
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>Thursday, 7 September, 2000: The Tunisian and Libyan governments will soon
>have a joint satellite television covering the Maghreb region and beyond.
>While overall media creation has been spearheaded by private initiative during
>the
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Wednesday, 6 September, 2000: The Arab League
announced on Tuesday its member states will stop applying United Nations
sanctions on Libya "as soon as possible", calling the UN Security Council
for an immediate and final lifting
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>: LIBYA Sunday, 3 September, 2000: The opposition in Central African Republic
>on Saturday condemned a fatal attack on the Libyan ambassador and denied any
>part in an attack blamed on foes of President Ange-Felix Pa
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>: LIBYA Friday, 1 September, 2000: The Philippines will negotiate
>with a Muslim extremist group which kidnapped an American man, officials said
>Wednesday as Libya offered its help and the United States rejected any
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Thursday, 31 August, 2000: French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine
said Wednesday that France will continue the process of normalizing relations
with Libya, which has helped arrange the release of three French hostages by
the Philippine Muslim rebels. In an interview with the
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>Wednesday, 30 August, 2000: Libya staged an elaborate ceremony on Tuesday to
>formally hand over six Westerners freed after being held hostage in the
>Philippines for more than four months. Libyan negotiator Rajab Azzarouq,
>basking i
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>August, 2000: A plane carrying six former hostages traveled to Libya on Monday
>for an extraordinary welcome by Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi. The Libyan strongman
>earned unprecedented international thanks for persuading Filipino rebels to
>release the group. The plane left Cebu, Philippines on Monday
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>News and Views , 28 August, 2000: Libya's Qadhafi Foundation welcomed Sunday
>the release of five hostages being held in the Philippines and said it would
>carry on working to free the rest. "We are very pleased at the release of the
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>Saturday, 26 August, 2000: South African President Thabo Mbeki has commended
>Libya for its recent efforts to secure the release of hostages being held by
>armed rebels of the Abou Sayyef Islamic group in the Philippine island of
>Jolo.
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> Thursday, 24 August, 2000: The United , 2000: Oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell is
>negotiating a number of exploration blocks in Libya, a company official said
>on Wednesday. "Following an invitation by (Libya's state-owne
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>Wednesday, 23 August, 2000: Libya is reported to have agreed to raise an extra
>US$12 million ransom for the release of westerners among the 28 hostages held
>by the Abu Sayyaf rebels in the southern Philippines. An official in
>Philippine Pr
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>: , 22 August, 2000: Philippine officials sought Libya's approval Monday for
>a new approach to talks with Muslim rebels after the separatists' last-minute
>refused to free 24 hostages last weekend. President Joseph Estrada decided on
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>News and Views Monday, 21 August, 2000: Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel-Rahman
>Shalgam said Sunday that Libya was still trying to free hostages held by
>Muslim rebels in the Philippines. "Our efforts will continue," Shalgham told a
>press co
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>LIBYA Sunday, 20 August, 2000: The Libyan organisation involved in
>negotiations for the release of hostages held in Jolo, in the Philippines,
>issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Manila goverment Saturday threatening to end
>its mediat
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LIBYA Saturday, 19 August, 2000: Top Abu Sayyaf guerrillas holding hostages
in the southern Philippines have demanded asylum in Libya, fearing they
will be hunted down by the military when they release their captives,
officials were quoted as saying Friday. Ghalib
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>Friday, 18 August, 2000 Friday, 18 August, 2000: The Qadhafi Charitable
>Foundation -- not the Libyan government -- has been mediating with kidnappers
>to free all 31 hostages on the Philippine island of Jolo, a foundation
>of
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>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 me
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