Arabic News Weekly Edition for Libya, 10/28/2002
Weekly Edition, Libya - Week of October 28, 2002
- Qathafi: Arab League is useless because Arab leaders just talk to appease citizens about Arab unity
Qathafi said in a statement prior to Mubarak's leaving back to Cairo "Nothing new has happened after I applied for pullout." He added "the withdrawal decision is serious but we are obliged to do so." He questioned " why should we stay as members in an ineffective league," stressing the need of "implementing the joint Arab charters and joint Arab defense and the economic Arab unity." Libya-Egypt, Politics, 11/1/2002 - Air flights resumed between Saudi Arabia- Libya Libya-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 10/31/2002
- Mubarak in Tunisia and Libya; AL chief: emergency meeting on Nov 10th
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak will hold a visit to Libya in conclusion of a tour that led him yesterday to Tunisia after Morocco. Regional-Libya, Politics, 10/31/2002 - Preconditioned Libyan compensation for families of Lockerbie victims
Lawyers representing Libya have signed the latest copy of an offer disclosed on Tuesday providing for compensating relatives and families of 270 persons who were killed in the American Pan Am planes which exploded over Lockebie town in 1988, according to which they will get 10 million dollars for each victim in three installments, that are linked to lifting the sanctions imposed on Libya. Libya-USA, Politics, 10/31/2002 - Morocco probes cooperation with Islamic call association
Means to upgrade cooperation between Morocco and the Libyan Islamic Call (Daawa) Association were probed in Rabat Tuesday by Moroccan minister of Habous (endowments) and Islamic affairs, Abdelkbir Alaoui M'daghri, and the Association secretary general, Mohammed Sharif. Morocco-Libya, Politics, 10/31/2002 - Libyan- Italian summit to declare the end of the war
In conclusion of a bilateral summit held yesterday in Tripoli, both Libya and Italy announced the end of the war "and the beginning of peace" between them. Libya-Italy, Politics, 10/30/2002 - AL chief: Libya will not walk out of the AL Regional-Libya, Politics, 10/29/2002
- Qatar's FM conveys message from Qatar's Amir to Qathafi
Libya's Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar al Qathafi yesterday received a verbal message from the Amir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Thani on bilateral relations and latest developments on the Arab arena. Qatar-Libya, Politics, 10/29/2002 - Failing to change Qathafi's position, AL chief consults Arab leaders on Libya's withdrawal from AL
The secretary general of the Arab League AL Amr Moussa has started consultations with the Arab leaders over Libya's request to pullout from the AL after he had failed to convince Tripoli to backtrack from its decision. Libya-Regional, Politics, 10/28/2002