Arabic News Weekly Edition for Libya, 2/23/2004
Weekly Edition, Libya - Week of February 23, 2004
- African federation summit: al-Qathafi calls Washington to give up the mentality of the colonialist
Libya's Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar al Qathafi has called on the US to give up the mentality of the colonialist in Africa and to change into the mentality chosen by the Europeans in this continent. Libya-USA, Politics, 2/28/2004 - African summit opened in Sert today, postponing the idea of al- Qathafi to form a unified army
The special committee for the African Federation opened in Sert, Libya, today which seems to proceed towards the idea of postponing the proposal made by the Libyan leader to form one African army, but will discuss adoption of a joint defense policy. Regional-Libya, Politics, 2/27/2004 - Washington accepts Libya's retraction; lifts travel embargo, permits return of companies
Libya and the US have overcome the crisis of the statements made by the Libyan (prime minister) Shukri Ghanem, in which he stressed that his country had bought peace despite the fact it was not involved in the Lockerbie incident. Libya-USA, Politics, 2/27/2004 - Tripoli defuses the crises with London and Washington: renewed recognition of responsibility over Lockerbie
Libya has defused the crises with the US and Britain when its (foreign minister) Abdul Rahman Shalqam stressed once again yesterday that his country accepted responsibility over deeds of its employees over the Lockerbie aggression and considered the recent statements which doubt these stances as "regrettable and nor precise," in remarks to the statement made by the Libyan (prime minister) Shukri Ghanem to this effect. Libya-USA, Politics, 2/26/2004 - BBC: Libya denies involvement in Lockerbie issue
The Libyan (prime minister) Shukri Ghanem denies his country's involvement in blowing up the American Pan American plane over the Lockerbie village in Scotland in 1988 which resulted in killing 270 persons. Libya-USA, Politics, 2/25/2004 - Al-Barad'e: we support Libya's keeping of a civilian atomic capability
The director general of the International Agency for Atomic Energy Muhammad al-Barad'e said in Tripoli, yesterday that the agency will support Libya's request to keep a nuclear program for civil purposes after it will get rid off its military nuclear program, noting that he has agreed with the Libyan officials to "exert all possible efforts to end dismantling the Libyan weapons program by the fall of June. Libya-UN, Politics, 2/24/2004 - Syrian - Libyan trade agreement signed Syria-Libya, Local, 2/24/2004
- Amnesty International visits Libya for the first time since 16 years
A delegation representing Amnesty International started Sunday talks with the Libyan officials on the occasion of the first visit of a team of this organization to defend human rights to Libya since 1988, according to one member of the delegation. Libya, Politics, 2/23/2004 - Shalqam invites Mubarak to the African federation summit
The secretary of the people's committee for foreign relations in Libya ( the foreign minister) Abdul Rahman Shalqam announced he had handed over the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak an invitation to take part in the African federation summit which will be held in Libya on February 27 and 28. Libya-Egypt, Politics, 2/23/2004