Arabic News Weekly Edition for Libya, 8/31/1998
Weekly Edition, Libya - Week of August 31, 1998
- Libyan guarantee request in Lockerbie crisis, gets international support
Lawyer Ibrahim al-Ghuil, chairman of the defense commission for the two Libyans suspected to be involved in Lockerbie incident Abdul Baset al-Miqrahi and Elamine Khaleifa Fahima, elaborated on the the kind of "guarantees" demanded by Tripoli to present the two men before a Scottish court in the Netherlands. Libya, Politics, 9/5/1998 - European parliament calls for lifting sanctions on Libya
The US Senate urged Libya to send its two citizens suspected of being involved in the 1988 Lockerbie jet explosion to Holland to be tried before Scottish judges. Libya-European Union, Politics, 9/4/1998 - Libyan president meets Moroccan delegation, strengthening relations
Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi met with a visiting Moroccan official delegation representing King Hassan II in the festivities marking Libya's national day, it was officially announced in Rabat. Libya-Morocco, Politics, 9/3/1998 - AL delegation to arrive in Libya on Lockerbie crisis
A delegation representing the Arab League will arrive in Tripoli today. It comprises the AL chief assistant secretaries, and chairman of his office. Libya-Regional, Politics, 9/3/1998 - Switzerland urges Libya to accept to accept British - US demands on Lockerbie
Switzerland's Foreign Ministry announced that Switzerland has urged Libya to accept US and British demands in delivering the two suspected Libyans for trial in Holland. Libya-Switzerland, Politics, 9/3/1998 - Sudanese plane violates Libyan embargo to celebrate revolution anniversary Sudan-Libya, Politics, 9/2/1998
- Russia asks Annan to support Libya in Lockerbie case
Russia confirmed the importance that the United Nations' secretary general and the concerned parties with Lockerbie case reply to the questions presented by Libya concerning the British - American initiative to try two Libyan suspects in the Netherlands by a Scottish court. Regional-Libya-Russia, Politics, 9/1/1998 - Arab foreign ministers discuss Libyan proposal asking Britain to deliver terrorists
Egyptian sources confirmed to ArabicNews.com today that the Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi informed Egypt of the details of a failed British attempt to kill him in 1996 and his intention to take legal and political action toward Britain. Libya, Politics, 9/1/1998 - Libya celebrates its 29th revolution anniversary
Libyans today celebrate the 29th anniversary of the launching of the al-Fateh revolution in September 1, 1969, when Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi along with a group of army officers toppled the constitutional monarchy of the then vacationing King Mohammad Idris al-Sanoussi in a bloodless revolution. Libya, Politics, 9/1/1998 - Libyan-Egyptian cooperation relations reviewed
Secretary general of the people's committee for unity in Libya, Jumaa al-Fazzani, met today with Egyptian Minister of State for Administrative Development Muhammad Zaki Abu Amer and Health Minister Ismael Salaam currently visiting Libya. Egypt-Libya, Politics, 9/1/1998 - Gaddafi refuses to deliver suspects immediately, asks for guarantees
Libyan President Moammar Gaddafi refused the US - British calls for the immediate delivery of the Libyan suspects in the Lokerbie bombing to the courts in the Netherlands. Libya, Politics, 8/31/1998 - Libyan passenger plane violates air embargo Libya, Politics, 8/31/1998
- Libyan, Egyptian workers boost cooperation
Secretary general of trade unions and federations affairs at the Libyan's people's general congress, Abdullah Idris, met on Sunday with an Egyptian trade union delegation led by a member of the union's executive council, Abdul Latif Eish. Libya, Economics, 8/31/1998