Arabic News Weekly Edition for Libya, 10/27/1997
Weekly Edition, Libya - Week of October 27, 1997
- Gaddafi attacks the UN, Mandela advises not to criticize anybody
Gaddafi rejected the idea that Cairo handed him the former Libyan Foreign Minister Mansour Al Khekhya who had disappeared from Cairo in 1993. The Libyan President accused the CIA of kidnapping the Libyan official in order to create a problem between Egypt and Libya. Libya, Politics, 10/30/1997 - Al Fateh Revolution will end poverty in Libya
Libya implemented the biggest water project in the world, The Great River, which will irrigate millions of hectares to turn them into arable lands producing food and creating job opportunities for Libyan citizens. Libya, Politics, 10/29/1997 - Mandela awards Gaddafi Libya, Politics, 10/29/1997
- Al Kikhya's lawyer does not rule out Libyan and US involvement in his disappearance
Bahaa Al Kikhya will try to get information while she is in Cairo on the circumstances of her husband's disappearance in which the CIA claims that Egyptians were involved before they handed him to Libya. Libya, International, 10/28/1997 - Libyan envoy decorated with Syrian order
At a celebration held at the Foreign Ministry and in the presence of senior ministry officials and heads of Arab and foreign missions in Damascus, Deputy Foreign Minister Adnan Omran decorated Mr. Jalloud with the Order of Merit. Syria-Libya, Politics, 10/28/1997 - Mandela: Try Libyans at neutral site Libya, International, 10/27/1997