Arabic News Weekly Edition for Libya, 7/27/1998
Weekly Edition, Libya - Week of July 27, 1998
- London agrees to try Lockerbie suspects in the Hague
Through its ambassador in Cairo, London informed the Arab League of its approval of Arab proposals to try the two Libyans accused of being involved in Lockerbie case in the Hague according to Scottish law. Libya-UK, Politics, 7/31/1998 - Obstacles placed in AL chief path to Libya
When Arab League Secretary-General Esmat Abdul Meguid visits Libya on Sunday, he is scheduled he is scheduled to make the trip directly by plane in the first trip of its kind since the US administration and Britain announced last week that they will accept Arab proposals to try the two Libyan suspects in Holland. Libya-Regional, Politics, 7/31/1998 - Eritrean delegation in Libya Libya-Eritrea, Politics, 7/31/1998
- Washington notifies stand on Lockerbie issue to Arab League
The United States officially notified the Arab League on Tuesday that the trial of two Libyans accused in the 1988 plane bombing over Lockerbie may be held by a Scottish court in a neutral country. Libya-Regional, Politics, 7/29/1998 - No Scottish judges in Lockerbie case is false, says Libya
Libya denied news reported by British weekly "The Observer" that it would refuse an all-Scottish judge panel for the two Libyans suspected of being behind the Lockerbie bombing. Libya, Politics, 7/28/1998 - Meguid to discuss with Gaddafi proposals on Lockerbie
The Libyan authorities have agreed to allow one senior Scottish judge appointed by Britain and the US to head the judges in the hague, but insists that the other members come from other countries. Libya-Regional, Politics, 7/27/1998