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Morocco summons Spain ambassador
PRESSTV Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:58:39 GMT
Morocco has summoned Spain's ambassador to Rabat, to protest against the brutal physical abuse of a Moroccan citizen by Spanish police.
BP to start drilling off Libyan coast
INDEPENDENT Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:00:01 GMT
The tortuous saga of BP, the Gulf of Mexico, the Lockerbie bombing and an America which feels itself badly wronged took another turn yesterday when it emerged that the oil company is about to start drilling at an even greater depth in, of all places, Libyan waters.
The Megrahi Affair: Blair, BP & the Libyan link
INDEPENDENT Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:00:01 GMT
Alex Salmond has heaped pressure on Tony Blair over his alleged role in the controversial release of the Lockerbie bomber by claiming that the former prime minister should be forced to testify before a US Senate committee investigating the affair.
Morocco accuses Spain of 'violence'
PRESSTV Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:20:23 GMT
Morocco has protested against the Spanish police "mistreatment" of five of its citizens in Spain's North African enclave of Melilla, Moroccan Foreign Ministry says.
Swiss jailed in Libya to return home
PRESSTV Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:19:55 GMT
Following the release of a Swiss national jailed for visa offenses, the foreign ministers of Switzerland and Spain have travelled to Libya to put an end to the dispute.
Libya 'expels' UN refugee agency
BBC Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:29:33 GMT
The UN refugee agency says it has been expelled from Libya without reason.
SA author dies in Libya disaster
BBC Thu, 13 May 10 11:47:41 BST
An award-winning South African writer is one of those killed in the plane crash in Libya on Wednesday that claimed 103 lives.
Libya air crash inquiry under way
BBC Thu, 13 May 2010 06:37:19 GMT
Libyan officials investigate the plane crash that killed 103 people at Tripoli airport on Wednesday, after the flight recorders are found.
Dutch boy survives Tripoli plane crash
PRESSTV Wed, 12 May 2010 07:49:42 GMT
An eight-year-old Dutch boy has miraculously become the sole survivor in a deadly plane crash at the international airport in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
Britons 'may be on crash plane'
BBC Wed, 12 May 10 08:11:44 BST
The Foreign Office investigates reports that British nationals were aboard a plane that crashed in Libya, killing at least 104.
Passenger plane crashes in Libya, 105 dead
DAWN Wed, 12 May 2010 12:14:42 PKT
All 94 passengers and 11 crew members who were on board were killed, a security official told AFP.
Plane crash in Libya 'kills 105'
BBC Wed, 12 May 2010 07:18:56 GMT
A commercial passenger plane crashes in Libya, killing all 105 people on board, officials say.
105 killed in Tripoli plane crash
PRESSTV Wed, 12 May 2010 06:03:31 GMT
A passenger airplane has crashed at the international airport in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, killing all the 105 people traveling on the plane.
Hafsa Kara : Remembering Algeria's Setif Massacre : 8th May 1945
WORLDPRESSNETWORK 8th May 10
Official history puts the 1st November 1954 as the start of Algeria’s war of independence against the French occupying power. However most Algerians know that the first sparks of the conflict can be traced back to a more sinister chapter in France’s 132 year rule over the North African country. On May 8th 1945, thousands of Algerian men, women and children joined a march organised by the French authorities to mark the victory by allied forces over the Nazis. The ensuing clashes culminated in the death of over 20 000 Algerian men, women and children in and around the region of Setif, Guelma and Kherrata. The number of French killed, in what would become known in Algeria as the “Setif Massacre,” was 102.
Is Libya serious about reform?
BBC Wed, 14 Apr 10 09:21:53 BST
On the day a Libyan court decides whether or not to send dissident Jamal al-Haggi to prison, the world watches to see if Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is serious about introducing reforms.
Arab league calls for a nuclear free Middle East
HAARETZ Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:53:51 GMT+03:00
Arab leaders on Sunday called for a Middle East free of nuclear weapons during a closed-door session at the Arab League summit in Libya, diplomats at the meeting said. ...
'Jihad Jane' met Islamists plotting to kill cartoonist, claim Irish police
GUARDIAN Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:01:23 GMT
Accused American Islamist Colleen Renee LaRose 'discussed plan' to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilks over Muhammad cartoon An American woman convert to Islam who called herself "Jihad Jane" travelled to Ireland to meet some of the suspects arrested over a supposed plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist, say Irish police. Detectives believe Colleen Renee LaRose met a number of Irish-based Muslims online on Islamist websites and discussed an alleged plot to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks. Vilks had a $100,000 (£67,000) bounty on his head after drawing a cartoon depicting the prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog in 2007. Al-Qaida also offered a 50% bonus to anyone who slit his throat to ensure he was "slaughtered like a lamb". LaRose is understood to have visited Ireland last August after cancelling a trip to Sweden. While in the Republic she is said to have met some of the seven people arrested earlier this week in Waterford and Cork. It was after her trip to Ireland that the FBI contacted the Garda Síochána, who then put a number of people under surveillance. The seven suspects – three Algerians, a Libyan, a Palestinian, a Croatian and an American woman married to one of the Algerians – were arrested on Tuesday hours before US authorities announced a terror indictment against LaRose. Irish police are still questioning seven suspects, four men and three women aged between their mid 20s and late 40s. Officers have seized computers, phones and documents but security sources in the Republic stressed today that they do believe they have uncovered an active al-Qaida cell in the Republic. LaRose, who also called herself Fatima LaRose online, allegedly posted a comment on YouTube in June 2008 saying she wanted to help "the suffering Muslim people". According to the indictment filed in a federal court in Pennsylvania, she sent emails to unnamed co-conspirators offering to become a martyr, as well as to use her American background to avoid detection. The indictment accuses LaRose of agreeing in March 2009 to marry a co-conspirator from a south Asian country who was trying to obtain residency in Europe. He allegedly urged her to go to Sweden, find the unnamed Swedish man "and kill him". The indictment claims she tried to raise money over the internet, lure others to her cause and lied to FBI investigators. LaRose was arrested after returning to the US in October 2009 on a charge related to the theft of a US passport, according to court documents. If convicted on the four counts in the indictment, which was dated 4 March 2010, LaRose could face a sentence of life in prison and a fine of $1m. Islam Ireland Freedom of speech Henry McDonald guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Libya issues warning on trade ties with U.S.
HAARETZ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:43:32 GMT+02:00
Libya's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned the U.S. envoy and warned ties will suffer if Washington does not apologise for a U.S. official's comments about Libya, the state news agency said. ...
Moroccan inquiry into old mosques
BBC Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:23:07 GMT
King Mohammed orders structural examinations of Morocco's ancient mosques after a minaret collapse kills 41 people.
Libya overturns Swiss man's jail
BBC Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:18:13 GMT
A Libyan appeal court quashes a Swiss businessman's jail term for a visa charge in a case that has been linked to a diplomatic row.
Algeria energy boss 'faces probe'
BBC Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:33:01 GMT
The head of Algerian energy giant Sonatrach is investigated by corruption officials, reports say.
10 'militants killed' in Algeria clashes
PRESSTV Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:49:24 GMT
At least ten 'militants' have been killed in clashes between Algerian security forces and suspected terrorists in northeast of the country.
Libyan Muslim denounces prisoner abuse in UK
PRESSTV Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:07:57 GMT
A Libyan national held in British custody on charges of 'terrorism' has said that Muslims in UK prisons are subjected to abuse and discrimination.
Western Sahara woman refuses care
BBC Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:25:36 GMT
A Western Sahara independence activist on hunger strike in Spain says she is now refusing all medical care over a passport row with Morocco.
Guinea president 'out of danger'
ALJAZEERA Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:36:28 GMT
Camara undergoes successful surgery in Morocco and is recovering from gunshot wounds.
Libya sentences two Swiss businessmen to jail
PRESSTV Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:56:08 GMT
Libya has handed 16-month jail terms and a fine of 2,000 dinars ($1,700) to two Swiss businessmen amid a row with Switzerland over the arrest of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's son in Geneva last year.
Guantanamo Tunisians in Italy
BBC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:56:52 GMT
Two Tunisian inmates of the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay arrive in Italy, where they face prosecution.
Two Tunisian Gitmo inmates face trial in Italy
PRESSTV Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:19:30 GMT
Italy will prosecute two Tunisian prisoners held at the notorious US naval detention camp on Guantanamo Bay over allegations of collusion with Afghan militants.
Gaddafi to mediate football dispute
ALJAZEERA Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:34:56 GMT
Libyan leader to calm tension between Algeria and Egypt after World Cup matches.
Gaddafi to mediate football dispute
ALJAZEERA Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:34:56 GMT
Libyan leader to calm tension between Algeria and Egypt after World Cup matches.
Egypt accuses Algeria in new row
BBC Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:48:53 GMT
Egypt summons the Algerian ambassador in Cairo to protest about violence against their citizens in Algeria.
Gaddafi's secret bid to convert Roman beauties to Islam
BBC Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:59:25 GMT
Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi throws a party for 200 girls but then tells them why they should become Muslims.
GECF urged to ensure 'fair' gas price
PRESSTV Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:20:35 GMT
Algerian Energy Minister Chakib Khelil has called on the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) to take measures to ensure a 'fair price' for gas.
Call to free ill Tunisia reporter
BBC Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:51:05 GMT
France's foreign minister urges Tunisia to let detained journalist Taoufik Ben Brik seek medical treatment.
Tunisian blogger detained
ALJAZEERA Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:47:46 GMT
Fatma Riahi, known as Arabicca, held by police and denied access to lawyer, sources say.
Gaddafi attacks major powers
ALJAZEERA Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:25:49 GMT
Security Council permanent members should lose veto status, Libyan president says.
Qaddafi attacks UN Security Council, praises Obama
XINHUANET Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:02:53 GMT
Libyan leader Qaddafi unleashed a diatribe against UN Security Council but took a shinning to Obama in his speech to UN General Assembly Wednesday.
In turnaround move, Brown vows support for IRA victims
PRESSTV Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:42:54 GMT
In what appears to be backtracking on his previous stance, British Premier Gordon Brown now says he will support IRA victims in seeking compensation from Libya.
US warns Gaddafi over upcoming UN visit
PRESSTV Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:20:35 GMT
The American UN ambassador warns the Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, ahead of his first US visit, not to boast the release of a Libyan bombing suspect.
Libya to mark 40 years of Gaddafi
ALJAZEERA Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:35:23 GMT
Organisers say event will demonstrate Libya's re-emergence on international stage.
Libya to mark Gaddafi anniversary
BBC Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:01:05 GMT
Libya begins celebrations to mark 40 years since Colonel Muammar Gaddafi seized power, but Western leaders stay away.
WPN Scoop : Libya told to drop al-Megrahi's appeal to guarantee release - "Pressurising a dying man into dropping his legitimate appeal was beneath contempt - To suggest there was no such pressure is preposterous"
WORLDPRESSNETWORK
WPN Scoop : WPN has been reliably told that Libya was explicitly told that unless al-Megrahi's appeal was dropped, then al-Megrahi's release could not be guaranteed. Whether the person conveying this information could deliver on the promise is academic as long as Libya believed it was from a source well connected to the British government. This is intimidation which perverted the course of justice, and which the judges, politicians and mass media were all too happy to turn a blind eye to.

Al-Megrahi, wanting to maximise the chance of his release to spend his final few days with his family, thus agreed to drop the appeal despite his innocence, which the judges too readily accepted, apparently without proper regard to the review which found very serious concerns about this conviction. In effect, the judges preferred a miscarriage of justice to stand and for an innocent man to die with the label of mass-murder over him (and, by association, Libya), than to disclose the cover-up and conspiracy surrounding the Lockerbie case.

This intimidation is therefore a criminal offense which the British police and crown prosecution service should investigate vigorously bearing in mind the huge public interest in discovering how a major crime got committed and who was really behind it, and how an innocent man got convicted of the crime. As a start, all the judges in the case should be interviewed under oath to try and uncover how much political interference there was in the prior judicial opinions in the case.

"Lockerbie: Megrahi was framed" .. "Megrahi in effect blackmailed by the governments of Scotland and England
Italy PM in Libya to meet Gaddafi
BBC Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:02:31 GMT
Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi is in Libya to celebrate the anniversary of a friendship pact signed last year.
New Jersey fury at Gaddafi 'stay'
BBC Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:48:57 GMT
Officials in the US state of New Jersey object to a possible stay by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi next month.
Brown 'repulsed' by Lockerbie bomber's welcome
PRESSTV Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:33:26 GMT
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he was repulsed by Libya's hero welcome for the Lockerbie bomber, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi.
Qadhafi to travel without his tent?
PRESSTV Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:12:24 GMT
Libyan leader Moamer Qadhafi might be forced to kick his habit of staying in a tent during his upcoming visit to New York.
Lethal convoy attack kills 3 in Algeria
PRESSTV Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:55:34 GMT
At least 3 people, including 2 paramilitary police and a civilian, have been killed in an ambush in western Algeria.
Lockerbie Thread on WPN forums - "Pressurising a dying man into dropping his legitimate appeal was beneath contempt. To suggest there was no such pressure is preposterous" - "Several grounds of appeal are being kept secret"
WORLDPRESSNETWORK 25 Aug 09
Politics "long usurped any role justice had to play."

"The inconvenient truth of this shocking case is that all is far from well within the Scottish legal system and sick to the core in scheming Whitehall. Pressurising a dying man, so desperate to return home, into dropping his legitimate appeal was beneath contempt but at least consistent. To suggest there was no such pressure is preposterous."

"In view of the appeal now having been aborted, the work of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission will have been in vain. The least that is to be expected from the Scottish judicial authorities is that they publish the full report of the Commission. Up to the present moment, not only the full report has not been released into the public domain, several grounds of appeal given by the Commission are being kept secret"
UK 'upset' by Megrahi's 'heroic' reception
PRESSTV Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:04:04 GMT
The British government has voiced 'deep' concern over the warm reception for the repatriated Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, upon his arrival in Libya.
Reaction: Lockerbie bomber set free
BBC Thu, 20 Aug 09 14:01:30 BST
The release of the Libyan man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing divides opinion on both sides of the Atlantic.
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