Arabic News Weekly Edition for Libya, 2/22/1999
Weekly Edition, Libya - Week of February 22, 1999
- UN Security Council gives Libya 30 days to make Lockerbie decision
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Friday 30 days is "a reasonable period" for Libya to make a decision on the Lockerbie bombing, which took place more than ten years ago. Libya-UN, Politics, 2/27/1999 - Report: Trial in absentia for Libyan accused of bombing UTA plane
The London based al-Hayat daily quoted well-informed judicial sources in Paris that the in-absentia trial for the four Libyans accused of bombing a French UTA plane will start on March 8 and last for less than one week. Libya-France, Politics, 2/26/1999 - Libya - sanctions Libya-UN, Politics, 2/26/1999
- European parliament's committee calls for integrating Libya in Stuttgart conference Libya-European Union, Politics, 2/25/1999
- Sudanese opposition welcomes Libyan initiative
The secretary general of the Sudanese opposition Democratic National Alliance, Mubarak El-Mahdi, confirmed today that the Sudanese opposition welcomed the call of the Libyan leadership to solve the Sudanese crisis peacefully. Sudan-Libya, Politics, 2/25/1999 - Gaddafi seeks to reconcile with the US
Leader of the Libyan revolution Col. Moammar Gaddafi has asserted his desire to maintain reconciliation with the US concerning the question of Lockerbie. Libya, Politics, 2/24/1999 - Cairo concerned by possible intensification of sanctions against Libya
Cairo expressed its concerns toward the endeavors of the U.S administration to intensify sanctions against Libya on February 26, when the UN Security Council is to reexamine the sanctions imposed upon Libya since April 1992. Libya-Egypt-UN, Politics, 2/24/1999 - UAE - Libya - air transport United Arab Emirates-Libya, Business, 2/24/1999
- El-Mahdi to visit Libya soon
Sudanese opposition sources in Cairo said that former Sudanese prime minister and head of the Sudanese Ummah Party, El-Sadek El-Mahdi, is going to visit Libya at the end of the current month to hold talks with Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi. Sudan-Libya, Politics, 2/23/1999 - Egypian appeals court fines Ministry of the Interior over al-Kekhya's protection
The Cairo Court of Appeals on Monday issued a decision to compensate Baha al-Omari, wife of Mansour al-Kekhya, former Libyan foreign minister, with an amount of 100,000 Egyptian guineas (US $30,000) due to the lack of sufficient protection on the part of Egypt's Interior Ministry in 1994 when he was in Cairo to attend a conference for the Arab Organization on Human Rights. Egypt-Libya, Judicial, 2/23/1999 - Libya attacks Clinton's call for development in Africa
Libya attacked statements by US President Bill Clinton that the United States seeks to establish a center for developing democracy and peace in the African continent. Libya-USA, Politics, 2/22/1999 - Gaddafi attacks countries that helped arrest Ocalan
Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi attacked yesterday the countries that helped to arrest Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, and he urged on severing relations with these countries. Libya, Politics, 2/22/1999