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Swiss men to have second trial in Libya
World Radio Switzerland 3 December 2009
The two Swiss men held in Libya will have a second trial on December 15. Earlier this week, 54-year-old Max Goldi and 69-year-old Rachid Hamdani were sentenced to 16 months in prison. A court in 
Outrage as Mandy goes on a country shoot with Gaddafi son (And, surprise, Cherie came too)
Daily Mail 26 November 2009
By Tim Shipman
Lord Mandelson has infuriated families of the Lockerbie bombing victims by attending a shooting party with Colonel Gaddafi's son. The Business Secretary and Saif Gaddafi were guests of
Libya, Turkey sign contracts worth US$ 10 billion
African Manager 26 November 2009
The Libyan Secretary General of the People's Committee, Dr. Baghdadi Mahmoudi, has said that contracts signed between Turkey and Libya h a d reached US$ 10 billion, while the trade volume between the
PM Erdogan invited Gaddafi to pay a visit to Turkey
Trend News Agency 25 November 2009
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that they invited Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi to pay a visit to Turkey, Anadolu reported. Erdogan attended the Turkey-Libya Business Forum at
Libya, Turkey drop visa restrictions
UPI 24 November 2009
TRIPOLI - Turkey and Libya will end visa requirements between the two countries, their leaders say. The announcement came Tuesday from Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Ali
Swiss visas for Libyans down to a trickle
Swissinfo 20 November 2009
Switzerland has drastically reduced the number of visas granted to Libyan citizens, with only 83 issued so far this year compared to 5,902 in the same period last year. In response to a motion
Lockerbie row reignited as Megrahi exceeds life expectancy when released
guardian.co.uk 20 November 2009
By Ewen MacAskill, Severin Carrell & Ian Black
Three months after the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the families of American victims of the Lockerbie bombing have reignited a row over the medical advice that allowed him to be freed early from
Italian hostess accepts Colonel Gaddafi's Islam plea
Telegraph.co.uk 18 November 2009
By Nick Squires
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's appeal to hundreds of glamorous Italian hostesses to renounce Catholicism and convert to Islam has fallen on fertile ground after some of his guests agreed to consider
Italy: Gaddafi looks to convert young women
AKI - Adnkronos International 17 November 2009
Libya's controversial leader Muammar Gaddafi invited almost 200 young Italian women to convert to Islam at the second event held in Rome this week. The event was held at the house of Libyan
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi invites 500 Italian women to villa and lectures them on Islam
Richard Owen 16 November 2009
By Richard Owen
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi invited hundreds of attractive Italian "hostesses" to a villa in Rome last night for an evening at which he urged them to convert to Islam and told them Christianity was based
Libyan people 'feel hard done by' by Switzerland
World Radio Switzerland 13 November 2009
The ordeal faced by the two Swiss businessmen held in Libya for over a year is far from over. Yesterday Libya’s foreign ministry announced the men are to go on trial later this year for visa offences
Two Swiss nationals to face trial in Tripoli
World Radio Switzerland 13 November 2009
The two Swiss businessmen held in Libya will face trial by the end of the year. Tripoli says they’ll be tried for tax fraud and visa irregularities. The Libyan vice-minister for foreign affairs
Hostages in Libya returned to Swiss embassy
Swissinfo 9 November 2009
The foreign ministry says the two Swiss businessmen abducted by the Libyan government in September have been returned to the Swiss embassy in Tripoli.
Swiss suspend treaty with Libya
Swissinfo 5 November 2009
Switzerland's row with Libya took a new turn on Wednesday when the government announced that it was suspending a treaty aimed at normalising relations with Tripoli.
Amnesty urges Libya to free Swiss hostages
World Radio Switzerland 03 November 2009
The human rights organisation Amnesty International’s secretariat in London has written a letter to Tripoli urging it to make known the location of two Swiss businessmen being held there.
Swiss Visa measures demanded in Gaddafi affair
Swissinfo 02 November 2009
The foreign affairs commission of the House of Representatives has demanded the government take action on visas in the diplomatic spat with Libya.
Video: Muammar Gaddafi Speech to UN - full speech
MoxNewsDotCom 25 September 2009
Eccentric Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi lives up to his reputation during his first visit to America. After being introduced in the General Assembly Hall as the “leader of the revolution, the president of the African Union, the king of kings of Africa,” Colonel Qaddafi shattered protocol by giving a rambling speech that stretched for 90 minutes instead of the allotted 15 :
Muammar Gaddafi Speech To United Nations Sept 23, 2009 - Pt. 1
Why Central Park said no to Gaddafi's tent
Channel 4 News 23 September 2009
By Sarah Smith|
No wonder New Yorkers hate it so much when the UN General Assembly comes to town.
Anger over UK tour By Gaddafi mullahs
UK Express 09 September 2009
By Macer Hall
A TOUR of British mosques by Muslim clerics with links to Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi provoked fury last night. Eleven imams from the Libyan-based World Islamic Call Society will lead prayers during the
