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Libya frees 88 Islamists, to demolish prison

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:00:00 +0000

[Times Live]– Libya on Thursday freed 88 Islamists and announced it will demolish Abu Slim prison, notorious for what human rights groups say was a 1996 massacre in which more than 1,000 prisoners were killed.

The Gaddafi Foundation, headed by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam, confirmed the planned closure of Abu Slim, saying the remaining inmates would be transferred to another jail.

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Gaddafi to Tuareg: “Go Ahead and Enter Niger in Peace”

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:26:21 +0000

[The Tripoli Post]– At this very moment, there are 1,100 fighters who have laid down their arms in Agades (in Niger). They are listening to us right now and waiting for me to order them to enter Niger in peace. I tell them: ‘Go ahead and enter Niger in peace’,” the President of the African Union Muammar Gaddafi told thousands of Tuareg and top officials from Mali and Niger in Tuesday in Sebha, thousand kilometers south of Tripoli.

Mali and Niger have agreed a comprehensive peace deal with Tuareg rebel groups under which 1,100 fighters have already laid down their arms, said Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who sponsored the accord.

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Gaddafi urges southern alliance

admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:58:49 +0000

[News24]– Muammar Gaddafi and Hugo Chavez urged nearly 30 leaders from throughout Africa and South America on Saturday to form a strong intercontinental alliance to make the two regions a new global power.

The Libyan leader, on his first visit to the Americas, called for the two regions to become a political and economic force, saying that together “we can transform the world”.

Gaddafi proposed a defence alliance of South American and African nations, calling it “a NATO of the South” – an idea Chavez has raised with other allies in the past.

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Jack Straw admits Lockerbie bomber’s release was linked to oil

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:38:44 +0000

Jack Straw has reignited the row over the release of the Lockerbie bomber by admitting for the first time that trade and oil were an essential part of the Government’s decision to include him in a prisoner transfer deal with Libya.

The Justice Secretary said he was unapologetic about including Abdelbaset al Megrahi in the agreement, citing a multi-million-pound oil deal signed by BP and Libya six weeks later.

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Medical advice on Libyan bomber ‘in doubt’

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:23:10 +0000

Justice secretary Kenny MacAskill was last night under pressure to reveal more details of the medical evidence that led to the release of the Lockerbie bomber, after it emerged that only one doctor was willing to say Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi had less than three months to live.

Labour and Conservative politicians have demanded the Scottish Government publish details of the doctor’s expertise and qualifications, amid suggestions he or she may not have been a prostate cancer expert.

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Lockerbie bomber decision leaves SNP facing censure from furious opposition

admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:55:15 +0000

Alex Salmond’s Scottish government is facing an embarrassing vote of censure after the crisis over its controversial decision to free the Lockerbie bomber deepened today.

Furious opposition leaders have forced Salmond to hold a parliamentary vote next week – which his government is expected to lose heavily – over the decision to send Abdelbaset al-Megrahi home to a hero’s welcome in Tripoli last Thursday.

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Lockerbie bomber: Lord Mandelson faces new questions over Libya links

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:47:13 +0000

The Business Secretary denied that the Government had done a deal to free Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, who was convicted of the 1988 terrorist atrocity that claimed 270 lives. However, his claims were contradicted by Saif Gaddafi, the son of the Libyan leader, in a conversation with Megrahi as the pair flew home from Glasgow.

In a transcript obtained by The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Gaddafi tells Megrahi: “You were on the table in all commercial, oil and gas agreements that we supervised in that period. You were on the table in all British interests when it came to Libya, and I personally supervised this matter. Also, during the visits of the previous prime minister, Tony Blair.”

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Switzerland apologises to Libya

admin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:22:23 +0000

Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz has apologised in Tripoli for the arrest in 2008 of one of the sons of the Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi.

Two Swiss businessmen currently detained in Libya would be released “soon”, according to a finance ministry statement.

“We are apologising for what happened to Hannibal Gaddafi and the two sides agreed to form a committee to discuss the matter,” Merz was quoted by Reuters news agency at a press conference in the Libyan capital.

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Libya defies US to give hero’s welcome to Lockerbie bomber Megrahi

admin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:50:38 +0000

The terminally ill Libyan convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has flown home from Scotland to a joyous reception after being freed on compassionate grounds despite fierce US opposition.

Ignoring a US warning against a “hero’s welcome”, hundreds of young people waving Libyan and Scottish flags greeted the aircraft carrying Abdel Baset al-Megrahi as it landed in Tripoli amid heavy security.

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