Libya

August 29, 2000

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Libya to give Lebanon 5,000 tons of oil in a part of a trade deal that should strengthen relations between the two countries.

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The key prosecution witness in the Lockerbie bombing trial will not testify before September 26th.

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Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade leaves for Tripoli, where he is due to take part in a summit on African development before going on to the UN Gene

August 28, 2000

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Defense lawyers at the Lockerbie bombing trial say that US intelligence agents questioned the value of a Libyan double agent in Malta who now is a key

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The CIA has given a foreign court unprecedented access to secret dispatches from one of its spies, a Scottish prosecutor said Monday, reflecting Washi

August 27, 2000

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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has expressed gratitade for the Libyan President, Colonel Moamer Kadhafi, and the Libyan authorities for helping o

August 26, 2000

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Sakhr Software will help the Libyan IT center to publish the National Libyan Encyclopedia on CDs and on the Internet.

August 24, 2000

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Exploration and Development: Oil exploration in Libya began in 1955, and the first oil fields were discovered in 1959 (at Amal and Zelten -- now known as Nasser). Oil exports began in 1961, and the

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Libyan experts will visit Jordan soon under an agreement between the two countries to resume technical studies on a planned water conveyance project for the Jordanian capital.

August 23, 2000

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A Libyan secret agent, who turned a CIA informer, is due to take the stand as a main prosecution witness in the Lockerbie trial on Monday.

August 22, 2000

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Libya has agreed to raise an extra 12 million dollars ransom for the release of westerners among 28 hostages held by Muslim extremists in the southern

August 19, 2000

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The marathon trial of two Libyans accused of the Lockerbie bombing resumes Tuesday in Camp Zeist, the Netherlands after a mid-summer break, with the v

August 17, 2000

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Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato committed himself during telephone talks with Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to strengthening relations with Libya. Italy was committed to projects in Libya, includ

August 14, 2000

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A Libyan mediator holds talks with kidnappers on the status of three French journalists among more than a dozen mostly foreign hostages held in the so

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that the current level of petroleum prices is "fair" and called on members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to resist pressures for low