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...request that he be released from house arrest, the Islamabad High Court on Friday declared Khan "a free citizen," allowing him to walk out of his prolonged sentence. Moments after the decision, the man who in 2004 tumbled from grace after admitting to hawking nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea stepped out onto the front porch of his Islamabad home to hail the court order. Dressed in a navy blue shirt, he waved to the cameras with unconcealed glee. "It's matter of joy. The judgment, by the grace of Allah, is good," Khan told a gathered throng...
...Gaddafi quickly vowed to pursue his dream of reorganizing the 53-member body into a political federation akin to the United States. He promised that the continent would consider the proposal--which many leaders in the short term oppose and which experts regard as unlikely--at a July summit. Libya, which has been assailed for human-rights violations and supporting terrorism during Gaddafi's 39-year rule, normalized relations with...
...Libyans have got a long rap sheet. Blowing up people is one of the things they do." - Dan Cohen, father of one of the Lockerbie victims, pushing for extended U.N. sanctions against Libya for the 1988 bombing. (Jerusalem Post, March...
...Libyan government continues to imprison people for criticizing Gaddafi. Hundreds more have been 'disappeared.' Libya has no independent NGOs and the government tightly controls all forms of public expression." - Reed Brody, Brussels-based lawyer with Human Rights Watch, on his lack of enthusiasm regarding Gaddafi's new responsibilities in the African Union...
...There is no state with a democracy except Libya on the whole planet." - Defending Libya's Jamahiriya system in a conference at Columbia University in New York City on March...