Disclosure vindicates India's stand Sep 22, 2009
NEW DELHI: India's position that disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist A Q Khan could not have acted individually stands vindicated with his admission that Islamabad was involved in the proliferation activities involving China, Iran, North Korea and Libya, experts say ... Khan, in the letter, had said that Pakistani government and the military had a hand in the country's nexus with the controversial nuke programmes of Iran, North Korea and Libya. (India Times)
Nigeria: Benin Herbalists,Chiefs Caught For Human Trafficking Sep 21, 2009
Saturday Vanguard learnt that their sponsors would first arrange a trip to Libya for those heading to Italy and for those traveling to Spain , they pass through Morrocco ... It was learnt that most times, the girls who got stuck in Libya , are turned into sex slaves just for them to survive ... The ordeal of the girls is compounded by the fact that they spend most of the time in the hands of Libyan security officials who use them as sex toys. (allAfrica.com)
Iraqi shoe thrower says he was tortured in jail Sep 16, 2009
From Libya, where he was awarded a Medal of Freedom, to Syria, where banners of praise were unfurled on street corners, Zaidi has been lionized. There was even an offer from a wealthy Saudi citizen to buy one of the shoes for $10 million. (Boston Globe)
British Foreign Office denies secret Libya deal Sep 14, 2009
British Foreign Office denies secret Libya deal - Europe- msnbc ... British Foreign Office denies secret Libya deal ... LONDON - Britain's complicated relations with Libya returned to center stage Sunday as Foreign Office diplomats took the unusual step of denying a newspaper report about a secret deal with Moammar Gaddafi's regime. (MSNBC -- International)
Pak team to visit Colombo to probe attack on Lankan cricketers Sep 12, 2009
Gilani has said that President Mahinda Rajapaksa gave him clues linking elements in Sri Lanka with terrorist attacks in Pakistan, including the strike on the Sri Lankan cricket team, during a recent meeting in Libya. Eight persons were killed and over 20 others, including several Sri Lankan players, injured when terrorists ambushed the team's motorcade at a busy traffic roundabout on March 3. (India Times, India)
Oil India IPO oversubscribed 31 times Sep 11, 2009
Oil India, which is primarily into exploration, development, production and transportation of crude oil and natural gas onshore in India, is also exploring crude oil and natural gas in Egypt, Gabon, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Timor Leste and Yemen. The company's market value after the offering would be $4. (India Times)
WHO maps world's deadliest roads Sep 11, 2009
GENEVA: The most dangerous place in the world to travel on roads is in the impoverished East African state of Eritrea, says the World Health Organ 00004000 isation (WHO) in its first report on global road safety. To identify the most hazardous roads, WHO experts sifted through a mass of data which showed that around 1. (India Times)
Liberia: Taylor Disputes Testimony of Key Prosecution Witness Sep 10, 2009
Camara was a linkage witness who said he was trained alongside Mr. Taylor in Libya and later became part of Mr. Taylor's Special Security Service (SSS)). In his testimony today, Mr. Taylor denied ever knowing the Suwandi Camara and dismissed as lies the witness' claims that he (Mr. (allAfrica.com)
AP News in Brief Sep 10, 2009
Lockerbie bomber, pale and in wheelchair, makes public appearance at Libya hospital. TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) The ailing Lockerbie bomber looked weak and pale, sitting in a wheelchair, as he was visited by a group of African parliamentarians Wednesday in a rare appearance in the hospital where he is being treated for prostate cancer ... The release outraged the United States and many relatives of the 270 people killed in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland and their anger... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Pak nuke bomb was ready in 1983 Sep 9, 2009
US overlooked Pak nuke program, bomb was ready in 1983: Khan- Politics/Nation-News-The Economic Times. US overlooked Pak nuke program, bomb was ready in 1983: Khan9 Sep 2009, 0937 hrs IST, PTI. (India Times)
Libyan "promises" lost in translation? Sep 9, 2009
Libyan "promises" lost in translation. Image caption: Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz (right) leaves a special session of the Swiss foreign affairs committee on the Libyan crisis (Keystone) ... A letter from Libya to Switzerland regarding the release of two Swiss businessmen held there for a year could have been misinterpreted by President Hans-Rudolf Merz. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Sep 7, 2009
Gordon Brown is facing increasing pressure over compensation for IRA victims after an about-turn to offer support for the claims against Libya was undermined by Saif Gaddafi, its leader's son ... Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, the son of the Libyan leader, travelled to Algeria to meet Prince Andrew in May, an associate said yesterday. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
Thousands Flee Battles In NW Pakistan Sep 7, 2009
"He was telling me that, 'We have got some clues, that finances were made from Sri Lanka to Pakistan," Gilani said, referring to a recent meeting with Rajapaksa in Libya. He said Pakistani officials would travel to Sri Lanka to gather clues, "which could lead us to the attackers of the cricket team.". (Time.com)
Brown makes 'U-Turn' on Libya and IRA terror, opposition says Sep 7, 2009
Gordon Brown at first rejected efforts to press Libya to compensate IRA bomb victims. Libya is accused of supplying explosives to the IRA for terrorist attacks ... Letters released amid scrutiny of UK-Libyan relations over Lockerbie bomber release. (CNN -- International)
Zimbabwe: 'Sanctions Pose Threat to GPA' Sep 6, 2009
"While Zimbabwe appreciates that resources are difficult to come by, especially in the context of the current global economic crisis, what is surely achievable is simply mounting a co-ordinated campaign against sanctions. "Sadc did it in defence of Libya when the chair was none other than President Mugabe. " MDC-T and sections of the local and international private media have in recent weeks been accused of trying to ratchet pressure on incoming Sadc chair President Joseph Kabila of the DRC to... (allAfrica.com)
Bangladesh diary Sep 6, 2009
PM 'did not press Libya over IRA. Thousands watch largest airliner. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Lack of staff threatens rail chaos Sep 6, 2009
Page last updated at 03:24 GMT, Sunday, 6 September 2009 04:24 UK. Passengers braced for rail chaos. (BBC News -- UK)
Inquiry call over Sunday services Sep 6, 2009
Page last updated at 12:37 GMT, Saturday, 5 September 2009 13:37 UK. London Midland said it would be putting on replacement buses where possible. (BBC News -- UK)
Earth experiment could buy time Sep 2, 2009
Page last updated at 09:10 GMT, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 10:10 UK. Earth experiment could buy precious time. (BBC News -- Science)
Nightmare Inc Sep 2, 2009
Page last updated at 15:11 GMT, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 16:11 UK. The unravelling of Germany's Arcandor. (BBC News -- Europe)
Judge halts work on driveway at Libyan estate Sep 1, 2009
Ben Curtis / APLibyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi arrives at the Special Session of the African Union Assembly on the Consideration and Resolution of Conflicts in Africa, in Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Aug. 31 ... ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey - A judge on Monday ordered a halt to work being done outside a mansion where Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi wanted to stay during his first U.S. visit and pitch a ceremonial Bedouin-style tent to entertain guests ... He said that's the only way to assure the Libyans keep... (MSNBC -- Crime)
Same Axis, More Evil Sep 1, 2009
The nuclear scientist whose black market proliferation activities spanned the globe and gave Iran and Libya the foundations of their nuclear weapons programs, A.Q. Khan will now be free to resume his busy career on behalf of a country beset with a jihadist threat both from within and without. The Obama administration must surely have known about the seized North Korean ship and its weapons cargo before granting the special approvals required for the North Korean diplomats to travel from New York... (Human Events Online)
Indian swine flu deaths top 100 Sep 1, 2009
Libya to mark Gaddafi anniversary. WATCHED/LISTENED. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Gadhafi, planning to visit US, is slammed at rally Aug 31, 2009
(AP) ENGLEWOOD, N.J. - More than 200 people gathered Sunday to tell Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi he's not welcome in their suburban New Jersey community, including several who lost relatives in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Gov. Jon Corzine was among those who attended the event in Englewood, where the Libyan government has been renovating a 5-acre estate ahead of Gadhafi's first U.S. visit, scheduled for next month ... Corzine called the Pan Am bombing, widely... (NJ.com -- News)
Pakistan's A.Q. Khan a "Free Citizen" Aug 29, 2009
(CBS/AP) A Pakistani court on Friday ordered the government to lift any remaining restrictions on a scientist alleged to have spread nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya, his lawyer said ... " It was unclear whether authorities would obey the instruction. Judges adjourned the case until Sept. 4 when police and government officials would explain their position, said Usman Anwar, the additional secretary of the provincial interior ministry. Khan was detained in December 2003 and... (CBS News)
Zimbabwe: Welcome, Cde President Zuma! Aug 28, 2009
We are honoured to be the third African country to host you in your capacity as president of the brotherly and sisterly people of South Africa after your official visits to Libya and Angola. Your itinerary shows you are retracing the steps you took brandishing your machine-gun to bring freedom to South Africa. (allAfrica.com)
Pakistani court: Lift curbs on nuclear scientist Aug 28, 2009
ISLAMABAD A Pakistani court on Friday ordered the government to lift any remaining restrictions on a scientist alleged to have spread nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya, his lawyer said. The interim instruction came in response to a petition filed by scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan and could stir alarm in the United States, which still regards him as a proliferation risk. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
* US mayor decries planned stay by Muammar Qaddafi Aug 27, 2009
8 hectare property owned by the Libyan embassy undergoes renovations in Englewood, New Jersey, on Tuesday. Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi could stay on the property while attending the UN General Assembly next month ... Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi could pitch his tent in a New Jersey suburb during a visit to the UN. But Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes said New Jersey wouldnt be rolling out the welcome mat. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
ONE SICK HOMECOMING: THE TERRORISTS WIN Aug 27, 2009
The hero's welcome received by Abdel Baset al-Megrahi in Libya is going to be an inspiration to all would-be terrorists ("A Suicidal 'Compassion'," Editorial, Aug. 21) ... Enjoy whatever trade benefits you will get from Libya. (New York Post -- Opinions)
British Release True Savage While Continuing to Ban "Savage" Talk Show Host Aug 27, 2009
MacAskill released the Libyan spy from jail because he reportedly had terminal cancer and his release was deemed by MacAskill as "compassionate ... no matter the severity of the provocation or the atrocity committed.". This true "savage" in our story, the man who killed so many innocent people, returned to Libya to a hero's welcome, and to the news that his cancer might not be so imminently terminal after all ... The British prime minister had written to Libya's dictator, Moammar Gadhafi, asking... (Townhall.com)
U.S. negotiating with Libya on Gadhafi's New Jersey campout Aug 27, 2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The State Department said Wednesday it continues to talk to Libyan officials about next month's visit to the New York area by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ... State Department spokesman Ian Kelly continued to hold out the possibility of a compromise over Gadhafi's reported plans to pitch his Bedouin tent on the grounds of a Libyan diplomatic residence in suburban New Jersey during his visit to participate in the annual United Nations General Assembly ... Gadhafi last week... (CNN)
Will Libya's Gadhafi pitch tent in New Jersey? Aug 27, 2009
U.S. negotiating with Libya on Gadhafi's New Jersey campout - CNN.com ... U.S. negotiating with Libya on Gadhafi's New Jersey campout ... WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The State Department said Wednesday it continues to talk to Libyan officials about next month's visit to the New York area by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. (CNN)
U.S. Helping Libya With Gaddafi's U.N. Visit Aug 26, 2009
(WASHINGTON) In a bid to head off any embarrassing incidents, the State Department said Tuesday it is working with Libya to find a place for Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi to stay when he visits the United Nations next month. Libya has drawn criticism from families and friends of Americans who died in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, because the only person convicted in the attack, a terminally ill Libyan, received a hero's welcome last week when he returned to his... (Time.com)
US at loss over Libya's Gaddafi tent Aug 26, 2009
US officials were stuck in a bind on Tuesday over calls to prevent Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi from pitching a tent near angry relatives of Lockerbie bombing victims on his upcoming trip to New York. The Libyan leader, saying he wants to stay true to his Bedouin roots, stays in a tent whenever he travels, setting up his sleeping quarters everywhere from Rome's main park to a garden across from the Elysee Palace in Paris ... The trip comes amid US anger at Libya's warm reception of the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
N.J. Town Wants No Part of Gadhafi Aug 26, 2009
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will set foot on U.S. soil for the first time next month when he comes to address the U.N. General Assembly ... Plans to set up a tent and allow him to stay at a Libyan-owned estate in this upscale community 12 miles north of Manhattan were attacked Monday by neighborhood residents and public officials, particularly after the hero's welcome Libya extended last week to the lone man convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan American Flight 103 ... The attack over... (Newsmax)
U.S. working with Libya on Gadhafi visit Aug 26, 2009
Libyan leader set to visit United Nations next month. Workers are renovating a 25-room mansion in Englewood, N.J., that is owned by the Libyan government ... WASHINGTON - In a bid to head off any embarrassing incidents, the State Department said Tuesday it is working with Libya to find a place for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to stay when he visits the United Nations next month. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Gadhafi camping in New Jersey? Aug 25, 2009
Rumored to be planning to pitch tent on front lawn of Libyan Mission house ... (CNN) -- In just a few short weeks, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach could wake up at his home in Englewood, New Jersey, with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi camped a few feet from his front lawn ... Gadhafi may be staying in a tent on the front lawn of a New Jersey house owned by the Libyan Mission. (CNN -- US)
N.J. Town: Gadhafi Not Welcome Aug 25, 2009
Libyan Leader, Expected for U.N. General Assembly, Protested after Celebrations for Lockerbie Bomber ... Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi arrives at the African Union Meeting in Addis Ababa, Feb. 1, 2009 ... A New Jersey town is protesting Gadhafi's plans to stay there during the U.N. General Assembly next month, in part because of the hero's welcome Pan Am flight 103 bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi received upon his return to Libya last week. (CBS News)
Building profits Aug 25, 2009
Call for Libya to pay IRA victims. US names CIA abuse investigator. (BBC News -- Business)
Hundreds in foreign drug arrests Aug 25, 2009
Call for Libya to pay IRA victims. Low-carb diets 'damage arteries. (BBC News -- UK)
Click to read:Scots: Libya Broke Lockerbie Promise Aug 25, 2009
Scots: Libya Broke Lockerbie Promise - CBS News ... Scots: Libya Broke Lockerbie Promise ... Scottish Official Says Libya Assured a Low-Key Welcome, Stands Firm on Release. (CBS News)
India lets Kashmir leader travel Aug 25, 2009
Call for Libya to pay IRA victims. Shanghai seeks end to 'Chinglish. (Yahoo News -- Kashmir Dispute)
'A Disgrace' Aug 25, 2009
This Libyan terrorist is a cold-blooded murderer, a mass murderer, and now he is home in Libya with his family ... The terrorist just got sent home in Libya in a jet, and the Scottish excuse -- they feel sorry for the bomber ... I must say, there is no evidence for that we have at the moment, but it absolutely unbelievable that this guy is in Libya today. (Fox News)
Call for Libya to pay IRA victims Aug 25, 2009
Relatives of IRA terrorist victims have renewed their calls for compensation from Libya following the release of the Lockerbie bomber. During the Troubles, Libya supplied guns and explosives to the IRA, and the families want the country to face up to its responsibilities ... They are calling on the Libyan leader to demonstrate the same compassion shown to Abdelbaset Ali Al Megrahi. (BBC News -- UK)
Official defends Lockerbie decision Aug 25, 2009
The Scottish official who made the decision was called to a session of Parliament to account for the hero's welcome the man received last week in Libya ... Abdel Baset Ali Megrahi was released to return to Libya by Scottish Justice Minister after doctors said he has less than three months to live because of prostate cancer ... com website targeted because it is among Western oil companies that have been awarded lucrative oil contracts in Libya in recent years. (USA Today -- News)
'Cowardly'... Aug 25, 2009
MacAskill tells Scottish MPs Libya broke its promise that the return of the Lockerbie bomber would be 'low-key ... Scotland's Justice Secretary has accused Libya of breaking assurances that the Lockerbie bomber's return would be dealt with 'in a low-key and sensitive fashion ... Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi returns home to Libya: Britain has been warned it faces payback time from the U.S. over his release. (The Drudge Report)
American outrage as bomber gets hero's welcome Aug 22, 2009
the convicted bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi is welcomed in Libya after being released from prison in Scotland on compassionate grounds ... BARACK OBAMA led condemnation of Scotland's administration for allowing the Lockerbie bomber to return home to Libya ... Hours after the Scottish National Party administration in Edinburgh announced its decision, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the only man convicted of the 1988 atrocity, flew home to celebrations in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Lockerbie bomber released, to die in Libya Aug 21, 2009
Lockerbie bomber being released to die in Libya_English_Xinhua. Lockerbie bomber being released to die in Libya ... MacAskill formally announced Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi's release in Edinburgh, saying the man, who has terminal prostate cancer, will be allowed to return to Libya to die after serving eight years of a 27-year minimum sentence on charges of murdering 270 people in Britain's worst terrorist episode. (Xinhuanet, China)
Newsweek: How we nabbed Al-Megrahi Aug 21, 2009
And on that tiny clue depended the fate of nations, of billions of dol-lars in payments to the families of the 270 people killed that night in 1988and of one 57-year-old man, dying of cancer, who was to live out his days in his homeland of Libya. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a high-ranking agent of Libyan intelligence, was the only person convicted in the Lockerbie bombing, based on a chain of circumstantial evidence that included a false passport he had used exactly once, to travel to the... (MSNBC -- International)
Scotland’s misplaced sympathy for an unforgivable criminal Aug 21, 2009
With due respect for the humanity displayed by the Scottish officials who gave Megrahi the chance to die in Libya, their sympathy is misguided ... Evidence indicated that his position as head of security for the Libyan state airline was a cover for intelligence work, that he used false passports to travel to Malta and Zurich, the two most important sites in the planning of the attacks, and that he personally purchased the clothes in the suitcase that contained the bomb ... He maintained his... (Boston Globe)
Unruly plane passenger from NY convicted in La. Aug 21, 2009
"Our members are struggling to make ends meet after years of sacrifice for the airline. The joint petition for federal mediation filed today means we are one step closer to securing a new contract with the pay, benefits and work rules that reflect the good work flight attendants do everyday. We look forward Kin of victims: Release of terrorist 'sickening' Some stared at their televisions in disbelief. Others were too furious to process the news. More than two decades after a terrorist bomb blew... (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Obama urges no hero's welcome for Lockerbie bomber Aug 21, 2009
WASHINGTON President Obama urged Libya not to give a hero's welcome to the convicted perpetrator of the Pan Am 103 bombing, who was released from a Scottish prison Thursday over U.S. objections ... "We're now in contact with the Libyan government," he said shortly before al-Megrahi landed in Tripoli ... Obama said the Libyan should not be "welcomed in some way but instead should be under house arrest.". (Honolulu Advertiser)
India swine flu toll rises to 36 Aug 21, 2009
Large crowds greet Megrahi in Libya ... Lockerbie bomber arrives in Libya. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Lockerbie bomber home in Libya amid US anger Aug 21, 2009
TRIPOLI: The terminally ill Libyan convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing flew home from Scotland to a joyous reception on Thursday after being freed on compassionate grounds despite fierce US opposition ... Ignoring a US warning against a "hero's welcome," hundreds of young people waving Libyan and Scottish flags greeted the aircraft carrying Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi as it landed in Tripoli amid heavy security ... He emerged from the plane wearing a dark suit, his hand held by Libyan... (India Times, India)
Ruin your trip Aug 21, 2009
Then there are expansive ruins like Leptis Magna in Libya and Baalbek in Lebanon. Aspendos and Aphrodisias are spectacular Greco-Roman ruins in Turkey, each somewhat dreamier than the more heavily trafficked Ephesus. (MSNBC -- Travel)
The only person convicted in the Lockerbie bombing is being released from prison on compassionate grounds, Scottish Justice Secretary said Thursday.• Lockerbie bomber leaves UK following release from prison Aug 21, 2009
LONDON, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi left Britain aboard a plane for Libya on Thursday following release from prison in Scotland on compassionate grounds. Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill formally announced Megrahi's release in Edinburgh, saying the man, who has terminal prostate cancer, was allowed to return to Libya to die after serving eight years of a 27-year minimum sentence on charges of murdering 270 people in Britain's worst... (Xinhuanet, China)
North Korea to lift border curbs Aug 21, 2009
Large crowds greet Megrahi in Libya. Athlete's mother: 'She is a girl. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Lockerbie bomber freed... Aug 21, 2009
Barack Obama led condemnation of Scotland's administration for allowing the Lockerbie bomber to return home to Libya ... Abdel Baset al-Megrahi accompanied by Seif al-Islam el- Gadhafi, son of the Libyan leader upon his arrival at airport in Tripol Photo: AP ... Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence agent, has terminal prostate cancer and has less than three months to live. (The Drudge Report)
Libyans Hope For Lockerbie Bomber's Return Aug 21, 2009
TRIPOLI, Libya, Aug. 19, 2009 ... Lockerbie Bomber's Possible Release Offers New Undercurrent To Libya's Revolution Celebration ... (AP) Just in time for galas marking 40 years since the country's revolution, Libyans are anticipating another cause for celebration _ the possible return home of the Lockerbie bomber, a man they see as an innocent victim of the West's campaign to turn their country into an international pariah. (CBS News -- World)
Lockerbie bomber to go free Aug 20, 2009
Lawyers for the former Libyan intelligence agent say his physical condition is worsening ... "And we have made our views known to the Libyan government as well. "I take this very personally because I knew a lot of the family members of those who were lost, because there was a large contingent from Syracuse University," Clinton, a former U.S. senator from New York, added. Click for related contentA generation of sanctionsLibyans, meanwhile, are ready to celebrate the return of al-Megrahi, whom... (MSNBC -- International)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Aug 20, 2009
Megrahi is to learn today whether he will be freed on compassionate grounds to return home to his family in Libya. As voting begins in the Afghanistan presidential election police in the capital Kabul claim to have shot dead two Taliban militants. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
Sudan: U.S. Soon to Announce New Darfur Policy Aug 20, 2009
The United States is engaging with the fragmented movements in Darfur to bring them to the peace table with a single voice, is working with Libya and Egypt to end the proxy war between Chad and Sudan, and is supporting the full deployment of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur to protect Darfuri civilians, Gration said ... "In Egypt, he will meet not only with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, but also Sudanese Presidential Adviser Ghazi Salahuddin, Libyan Secretary of the... (allAfrica.com)
Regime rides above sanctions Aug 18, 2009
In contrast, China, Russia, Vietnam and Libya watered-down a US-drafted UN Security Council statement on the Suu Kyi verdict to express "concern" rather than outright condemnation. The counter-sanctions argument promoted by many Asian nations suggests that restrictions fail to influence the junta and only keep the nation's poor downtrodden. (Asia Times Online)
Senators oppose Lockerbie release Aug 18, 2009
Kenny MacAskill will decide in the next two weeks whether he can be released or transferred to Libyan custody ... The justice secretary is considering an application to release 57-year-old Megrahi on compassionate grounds, as well as a Libyan government request for a transfer to allow him to serve out his sentence in his homeland. (BBC News -- UK)
Health care reform needed Aug 15, 2009
Power Wagon wrote on Aug 14, 2009 8:15 AM:" There somebody goes again...quoting ridiculous stats from 'WHO'. When are you folks going to start doing your homework? 'WHO' is another UN group...just like the Human Rights Council (chaired by some great places like Libya, Syria, Saudi Arabia etc) that says countries like Cuba and China have the best human rights record but condemn the US for 'human rights abuses'.By the way, the best country for medical care according to WHO? United Arab Emirates!... (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
