Arabic News Weekly Edition for Libya, 9/8/2003
Weekly Edition, Libya - Week of September 8, 2003
- Al Qathafi determined to give Libyan women equal rights
Libya's Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar al Qathafi Thursday was presented with a medal, in recognition of his efforts in the enhancement of women's freedom and upgrading women status in Libyan society. Libya, Culture, 9/13/2003 - UN Security Council lifts sanctions from Libya
With a great majority the UN Security Council yesterday voted for a resolution to lift sanctions imposed on Libya 15 years following the explosion incident of the American Pan Am plane over Lockerbie town in Scotland. Libya-France, Politics, 9/13/2003 - Al Qathafi: Arab leaders are fraud; recommends pull out from the Arab League
Libya's Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar al Qathafi yesterday called on the Libyans to approve pulling out from the Arab League, considering that the Arab leaders are not committed to the Arab future and that all they do is talk about an Arab union when they have no intention to implement it. Libya-Regional, Politics, 9/12/2003 - Paris accepts 'declaration of intentions' from Libya on plane bombing compensation
Sanctions to be lifted today from Libya France yesterday paved the way before lifting international sanctions imposed on Libya in a voting which is presumed today at the UN security council, when it announced an agreement finalized by families of the victims of the French Uta plane which was downed in the airspace of the Greater Desert in 1989 and between al-Qathafi charity foundation led by his son. Libya-France, Politics, 9/12/2003 - Egypt: Trying the two Libyans who attacked al-Faisal Egypt-Libya, Politics, 9/12/2003
- Paris obstructs lifting sanctions from Libya
The UN Security Council was subjected to a new French veto against a draft British resolution to lift sanctions from Libya who decided to postpone voting on the draft resolution until next Friday Libya-France, Politics, 9/10/2003 - Al-Faisal: They tried to attack me
The Egyptian attorney general decided yesterday to jail the two Libyan businessmen Mahmoud al-Bashir and Fatehi al-Masaad for four days for inquiries on their attempt to attack the Saudi Arabian foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal in the lobby of the hotel in Cairo on Monday evening where he was residing, before he had headed to the headquarters of the Arab League to attend the meetings of the Arab foreign ministers. Saudi Arabia-Libya, Politics, 9/10/2003 - Two Libyans try to attack al-Faisal in Cairo
The Egyptian police yesterday detained two Libyan businessmen after they had insulted Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal yesterday at the lobby of Four Seasons hotel and tried to attack him. Libya-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 9/9/2003