Astronomers and the simply curious have flocked to Libya, reputedly the best place in the world to view Wednesday’s total eclipse of the sun, as the former pariah state bids for tourist dollars. The north African desert nation opened its air and sea ports to 7 000 eclipse lovers from 47 countries.
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/ 26 December 2005
Libya’s Supreme Court on Sunday ordered a retrial for five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death for their alleged role in infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV. The decision overturned death sentences that would have been carried out by firing squad.