A cool appraisal of the evidence shows that Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was not given a fair trial,
writes Bryan Rostron.
The African Union will on Monday hold a special summit in Libya on the eve of the 40th anniversary of Moammar Gadaffi’s coup.
There is no reason to be angry about the release of the Lockerbie bomber, Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi’s son said on Friday.
White House seethes at triumphalist scenes on return of freed man to Libya, while Scottish and United Kingdom governments clash.
Moammar Gadaffi was shown on Saturday embracing a former agent who was released by Scotland from a life sentence for the Lockerbie bombing.
Two boats carrying African migrants to Italy sank off Libya in separate incidents over the past two days, killing at least 21 people.
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Libya is in talks to invest in five or six Italian companies, with some of those deals ”more important” than its purchase of a nearly 5% of Unicredit.
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Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi was due to arrive in Russia on Friday for the first time since 1985 on a visit that could revive military cooperation.
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Condoleezza Rice on Friday night became the most senior United States official to visit Libya in more than half a century.
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Moammar Gadaffi on Monday accused corrupt officials of looting the country’s oil wealth and said its people should be given the money directly.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is due in Libya on Saturday to sign an accord aimed at resolving colonial era disputes.
Hijackers of a Sudanese airliner surrendered to authorities in Libya after releasing all the passengers on Wednesday, Libya’s aviation authority said.
The hijackers of a plane that took off from Sudan’s Darfur region were refusing to negotiate on Wednesday after landing at a remote desert airfield.
Libya and the US have signed a compensation deal for American victims of Libyan attacks and US reprisals, paving the way for normalisation of ties.
Oil leapt to a new record high near a barrel on Friday, extending gains after surging nearly 4% in the previous session.
At least 40 people drowned and 100 are missing after a boat carrying illegal immigrants from Libya to Italy capsized, an official said on Monday.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi said on Tuesday a European Union proposal for an economic and security union with southern Mediterranean states was an insult to Arabs and Africans.