Libya
September 21, 2000
An international conference on the rationalization of energy in industry, and on the impact of energy on environment and health opened proceedings in
Lawyers for two Libyans charged with the 1988 Lockerbie bombing have accused the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of withholding information vital
Somali President Abdulkassim Salat Hassan visits Libya for talks with the country's leaders, including Colonel Moamer Kadhafi.
Libya is urging fellow African countries to devise ways to boost prices for raw materials they currently export so cheaply to the developed world, say
Participants in a conference on the Libyan economy urged the government to liberalize the economy and eliminate family-owned monopolies. The Libyan economy, relying mainly on oil and gas, is dominated
September 20, 2000
Amnesty International has said it was concerned that 16 medics on trial in Libya will not receive a fair trial and may be sentenced to death.
September 16, 2000
The Arab League asks the UN Security Council to immediately and definitively lift sanctions imposed on Libya to force it to cooperate during the Locke
Libya denies it was detaining any prisoners of conscience and stressed the "integrity and freedom" of its judicial system.
September 13, 2000
German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer thanks Libya for negotiating the release of European hostages held by rebels in the Philippines and says relat
September 11, 2000
Four Europeans freed by Philippine Muslim extremists after four-and-a-half months in captivity head for Libya on their way home.
September 8, 2000
The French appeals court will announce on October 20 whether it intends to pursue Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi for his alleged role in the 1989 bombin
September 7, 2000
The Kadhafi Charitable Foundation is still trying to free the last six European hostages in the Philippines and hopes to welcome them to Tripoli this
September 5, 2000
Libya accuses the US and Israeli intelligence of being behind the assassination of its ambassador to the Central African Republic.
September 3, 2000
Libya will donate 5,000 tons of oil to Lebanon, in an effort to tighten relations between the two countries, it was announced in Tripoli last week.
August 30, 2000
Libya is to give Lebanon 5,000 tones of oil under an agreement aimed at strengthening relations between Tripoli and Beirut.