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Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi has long insisted his country had nothing to do with the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, even after last year's conviction of a Libyan intelligence agent for involvement in the attack. But according to a letter obtained by TIME, Gaddafi will make a "substantial formal offer" to compensate families of the 270 victims within a month. The April 23 letter to families was written by New York City attorney James P. Kreindler, who has been in Paris negotiating with senior Libyans behind closed doors. Kreindler's missive does not predict...
There is a catch, and it's a big one. If Gaddafi pays compensation and also admits Libyan responsibility for the crime, he will expect in return a resumption of oil trade and other commerce currently prohibited by U.S. sanctions and, eventually, renewed diplomatic relations with Washington. But that may not be so easy, especially since a recent CIA report says Libya is aggressively seeking weapons of mass destruction, notably chemical arms and ballistic-missile delivery systems. "The President has made absolutely clear that these weapons will not be tolerated," a senior Bush Administration official tells TIME. "That means, very...
...Ch?vez, 47, won election in 1998 on a populist platform. His cozy ties with Fidel Castro, Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein have raised eyebrows in Washington. And his criticism of America?s war in Afghanistan, sympathies for Colombian guerrillas and spigot-tightening approach to oil exports don?t play well...
...attack on the La Belle discothèque, which also injured 230 people, prompted retaliatory U.S. air strikes against two Libyan cities. The judge upheld claims that Libyan secret agents and embassy staff had planned the attack, but not that it was personally ordered by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. MACEDONIA New Constitution Macedonia?s parliament approved a package of constitutional amendments aimed at improving ethnic Albanian rights, ending weeks of wrangling over a Western-backed peace accord. Mediators hope the changes will defuse the seven-month-old crisis that began when Albanian rebels attacked police posts along the Kosovo border...
Islamic fanatics, on the other hand, just want to kill people, including, it turns out, Gaddafi Sr. "They tried, many times, to assassinate the Leader," he writes. Seif is brandishing an olive branch even as the U.S. extends sanctions against his father's regime. He says that Libya longs to send students to American universities, import U.S. wheat and medicine, invest in the lucrative oil and gas sectors and work with Washington to combat poverty and disease in Africa. "It is time we turned a new leaf," he says. The main obstacle is Libya's refusal to admit involvement...