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A Libyan court has postponed the second trial of two Swiss businessmen accused of illegal economic activity, the attorney of one of the men said Sunday.
Libya on Friday accused Swiss authorities of using excessive force during the arrest of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's son in Switzerland last year, deepening a diplomatic standoff between the two countries.
A leading human rights group said Saturday that Libyan dissidents continue to face arbitrary detention and unfair trials, despite a limited expansion of freedoms since the country began to shed its pariah status several years ago.
Two Swiss businessmen sentenced to 16 months in jail and a fine for violating residency and labor laws will now face trial for illegal economic activities later this month, a Libyan official said Wednesday.
Two Swiss businessmen arrested in Libya amid a spat with Switzerland involving leader Moammar Gadhafi's son, are to go on trial on accusations of tax evasion and violating residency laws, a Foreign Ministry official said Thursday.
Two Swiss businessmen detained by Libya over a spat involving leader Moammar Gadhafi's son have been handed over to their embassy in Tripoli, Switzerland's Foreign Ministry said Monday.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has said he is sorry about the death of a British policewoman shot outside Tripoli's embassy in London 25 years ago, but does not know the identity of her killer.
The Libyan government released 88 repentant Islamic militants, some of them belonging to a group with suspected links to al-Qaida, a government-funded human rights group announced Thursday.
Switzerland and Libya reached a new low point in their relations Friday as the Swiss government announced that two of its citizens are being held at an undisclosed location in the Arab country.
Britain's complicated relations with Libya returned to center stage Sunday as Foreign Office diplomats took the unusual step of denying a newspaper report about a secret deal with Moammar Gaddafi's regime.
Some of Britain's most elite soldiers have been training Libyan forces in counterterrorism and surveillance for the past six months, a newspaper said Saturday.
The ailing Lockerbie bomber looked weak and pale, sitting in a wheelchair, as he was visited by a group of African parliamentarians Wednesday in a rare appearance in the hospital where he is being treated for prostate cancer.
The indignation and outrage in the U.S. and Britain over Libya's warm welcome home for the Lockerbie bomber may just be a speedbump in the North African nation's drive for political and business rapprochement with the West.
U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice challenged Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday to behave himself during his upcoming first-ever U.N. visit.
Congress should investigate whether a lucrative oil contract might have played a role in the release of the only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, a New Jersey senator said Wednesday.
Libya appointed a British judge to an arbitration panel set up with Switzerland to examine the arrest of Moammar Gadhafi's son in Geneva last year, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
How do you celebrate a coup that gave you 40 years in power? For Moammar Gadhafi, the answer is simple: Order a rocket car.
Some highlights in the career of Col. Moammar Gadhafi:
Switzerland's president faced growing pressure to resign Tuesday, as the government failed to secure the release of two citizens detained in Libya since the arrest of Moammar Gadhafi's son in Geneva last year.
Libya staged a lavish spectacle Tuesday, parading white-robed horsemen and gold-turbaned dancers as jets streaked overhead to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the coup that brought Moammar Gadhafi to power in the oil-rich nation.
Libya denied reports Wednesday that the only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was taken to intensive care after his illness from terminal prostate cancer worsened.
In a bid to head off any embarrassing incidents, the State Department said Tuesday it is working with Libya to find a place for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to stay when he visits the United Nations next month.
Relatives of Americans who died in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 were gripped in a “riptide of despair” after the bomber returned home and said they feared they would never fully know what happened.
Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz defended his apology to Libya for the arrest of Moammar Gadhafi's son, saying Friday it was the only way to secure the release of two Swiss citizens detained by Tripoli.
Scotland freed the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber on Thursday, allowing him to die at home in Libya despite American protests that mercy should not be sh
Unrest In Iran: A Vindication Of George Bush a "free and peaceful" Iraq would provide a "dramatic and inspiring example" to the Middle East and the Muslim world. The Iraq War-achieved-zero crowd begrudged Bush nothing even after the democratic Cedar Revolution in Lebanon.
Cuba doesn't belong on this list Under new rules prompted by the failed Christmas Day terrorist attack, airline passengers coming to the United States from 14 nations will undergo extra screening: Afghanistan, Algeria, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Y …
Snatched Nadia Fawzi reunited with mother after Libya ordealA six-year-old girl abducted by her father two years ago and taken to Libya was yesterday reunited with her mother.
Reuters reported that Libya has enough companies exploring for oil and will not hold any licensing rounds for at least a year as it waits for demand prospects to improve, the OPEC member's top oil official said on Thursday. "Our effort now is to develop what we have, rather than …
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According to the latest reports coming from Sydney –Australia that Woodside Petroleum Ltd will exist Libya early next year, the company said in a statement it has negotiated a sale of its onshore assets in Libya and expects to exit the country early in 2010.
New Jihad Code Threatens al QaedaThe code's most direct challenge to al Qaeda is this: "Jihad has ethics and morals because it is for God. That means it is forbidden to kill women, children, elderly people, priests, messengers, traders and the like.
Verenex Energy Inc. and Libya are hoping to finalise a deal by Friday to sell the company to a Libyan sovereign wealth fund, but a further delay is not ruled out, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Algeria and Libya must improve the terms they offer international energy companies or risk them taking their capital and expertise elsewhere, industry executives operating in North Africa said on Wednesday.
Lockerbie: eight other 'high-level' suspects - Scotsman.comThere were other suspects involved in the Lockerbie bombing in 1989, but were never prosecuted by the Scottish Corts because Libya refused to release them to the Scottish governemnt.
Libya will take part in the World Tourism Show in London , Great Britain, from 9 to 12 November, the Libyan General Tourist and Handicraf t Board announced Friday in its weekly bulletin here.
Indian interest in Pakistan's soft belly in Sindh India succeeded in creating Bangladesh after dismembering Pakistan into two halves in December 1971. In this RAW played a key role in polluting the minds of Bengalis under Mujibur Rehman against West Pakistan and instigating them to revolt and gain independence.
New United Nations General Assembly President calls homosexuality 'unacceptable'"The newly-installed president of the United Nations General Assembly, Ali Abdussalam Treki, has said that homosexuality is "not really acceptable"
Disjointed Diatribe from a Brutal Terrorist When Libya's leader, Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi, addressed the Untied Nations' General Assembly today, he delivered a long, rambling diatribe. One senses that his dysfunction extends far beyond public speaking.
Libya's NOC on Wednesday 30th Sep 2009 announced the appointment of Ali Seghir Mohamed Saleh, until now the company's director-general, as its new boss.
Three Dangerous Stooges (Ahmadinejad, Gadhafi, and Chavez)Last week, three dictators -- from Iran, Libya and Venezuela -- delivered lunatic hate speeches at the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Chavez and Gaddafi urge redefining of "terrorism"Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi have joined forces to urge the world to redefine "terrorism".
The decline and fall of the Jews of LibyaThe Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi knows all about Jews. Jews dressed like Arabs and lived in harmony with Arabs, he tells Time magazine. But they are heading to disaster because they dared have their Jewish state, instead of one state shared with the Palestinians.
Mark Steyn: Sorry, but U.S. and Libya are differentMark Steyn: "I don't think Barack Obama cares much about foreign affairs one way or the other. He has a huge transformative domestic agenda designed to leave this country looking much closer to the average Continental social democracy."
Sister of American Lockerbie victim visits GadhafiCalling herself an "ambassador of reconciliation," she views the encounter as the latest step in a journey to build bridges between Libyans and Americans -- a mission energized by her strong Christian faith.
A UN State of Mind: Where Tyrants Are Literally Never StoppedWe live at a moment in history when tyrants hold forth with none to stop them. Ahmadinejad-the-Monster held forth in all his western-suited glory at the UN and so did the terrorist, Gaddafi.
Libya's Moammar Kadafi gives U.N. his opinions on Obama -- and more -- latimes.comOdd News- Libya's Moammar Kadaf Praises President Obama, Says He should be president for life.
A Q Khan remains a proliferation concern: USThe Obama Administration has said disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist A Q Khan remains a nuclear non-proliferation concern and it is in constant contact with Pak authorities in this regard.
Investigation: Nuclear scandal - Dr Abdul Qadeer KhanInvestigation: Nuclear scandal - Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan The Pakistani scientist who passed nuclear secrets to the world's rogue states has been muzzled by his government. In a smuggled letter, AQ Khan reveals his side of the story (AP/Reuters)
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