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...shied away from giving the guerrilla leader refugee status. Pangalos hoped to muster a European Union-wide agreement to grant him political asylum. Ocalan and two aides were spirited to Athens on Jan. 29. Once there, Greece offered Ocalan only a bleak choice of destinations: Algeria, Morocco, Tunis or Libya. "We refused," fumes a Greek close to Ocalan. "What did they think Ocalan was, a cargo of contraband cigarettes...
...Kofi Annan sent Ghaddafi a letter Wednesday affirming that prosecutors would not set out to undermine or implicate the Libyan government, ostensibly clearing the last stumbling block to a trial. "Of course, the evidence could still implicate Libya," says Dowell. "It's unlikely that the two mid-level Libyan agents charged for the bombing acted alone -- it's been Ghaddafi's fear of being implicated that's kept them out of court so far." And given the Libyan leader's record, all bets are off until the accused are actually in the dock...
...preferred form of birth control. Perhaps because of this, book sales have been brisk and the publisher is talking about a second printing. Zhirinovsky announced last week that he'll soon run for governor of a Russian region--which one remains to be announced. Then he flew off to Libya, his fifth visit to pal Muammar Gaddafi in the past year...
...leaders on Friday expressed confidence that a discreet South African diplomatic mission would coax Ghaddafi into surrendering for trial two Libyan intelligence agents accused of bombing Pan Am flight 103 -- which would end 10 years of sanctions. ?Ghaddafi?s refusal to cooperate gave the U.S. a reason to keep Libya boxed in,? says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. ?Those sanctions proved to be a critical factor in neutralizing one of the world?s most dangerous sponsors of terrorism...
...enduring legacy of Blair?s South African trip, which has been shadowed by radical Islamic protests against the Iraq bombings and stern words from Mandela on the same issue. A trial in the Netherlands may bring closure to the Lockerbie families, but it will also end sanctions against Libya. And that will send Washington?s Libya policy wonks scurrying back to the drawing board...