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Straw Admits Megrahi Release Related to Oil

The Justice Secretary said he was unapologetic about including Abdelbaset al Megrahi in the agreement, citing a multi-million-pound oil deal signed by BP and Libya six weeks later.
 

Libya Upholds Medics’ Death Sentences

Libya’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting more than 400 children with the AIDS virus. But the verdict may not be the final word in the case. Libya’s Supreme Judicial Council, which is headed by the minister of justice, could approve or reject the convictions or set ...
 

At least nine killed in Libya as cartoon protests e ...

The furore over the prophet Muhammad cartoons hit a new peak last night when at least nine people were reported dead in the Libyan city of Benghazi after a mob set fire to the Italian consulate.