Word: tripoli
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...auditorium of Tripoli's Corinthia Hotel, a number of Libyan officials sit onstage in dark suits and ties, addressing scores of Western executives in flawless English about the country's new business opportunities. A few feet away is a huge portrait of the most famous face in Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, in his trademark African robe and sunglasses, fist in the air, a defiant look on his face, as if to say to the roomful of businessmen, I still run things around here. But the businessmen don't seem to notice. Instead they are transfixed by a tall young man with...
Friendship's Limits Muammar Gaddafi might have morphed from a terror-backing revolutionary into a Western ally, but he's still not shy about airing his disagreements. While European and American business executives packed Tripoli hotels last week scouting for new deals in the oil-rich nation, Libya's leader made it clear that he was not a supporter of Washington's strategy in Iraq. "The best thing [the U.S. ] could do for the Iraqis and the Americans is to withdraw," Gaddafi told TIME. Gaddafi's second son, Seif al Islam, widely perceived as his father's likely political heir...
...slipping across the Mediterranean into Italy. " Libya can tighten its borders," says a European ambassador in Tripoli. "But the Libyans think this is our problem." Friendship still has its limits. - By Vivienne Walt Close Call POLAND Prime Minister Marek Belka's government narrowly survived a parliamentary vote of confidence just hours after Belka announced the country would begin reducing its 2,500-strong troop contingent in Iraq early next year. "We will not remain in Iraq an hour longer than is sensible [or] necessary to achieve our mission's goal," he said. More than 70% of Poles oppose their country...
...took Samuel Agustin more than a month to reach Tripoli from his home in the West African country of Benin, traveling by taxi and trudging hundreds of kilometers across the Sahara in blistering heat. That, he says, was the easy part. Since that journey three years ago, the 24-year-old former sociology student has been trying to find a way out of the Libyan capital. "We came here just to look for jobs," Agustin told Time last week on a crowded downtown sidewalk, where he washes cars for small change. "Now, since we don't have work...
...stationed in Lebanon since 1976. A Sept. 2 U.N. Security Council resolution called for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Lebanon. The withdrawal was part of a wider redeployment exercise involving a total of 3,000 soldiers. The Thaw Continues LIBYA In a further sign of Tripoli's diplomatic rehabilitation, E.U. ambassadors agreed to lift both trade sanctions and a ban on arms sales to Libya. The decision, which must be ratified at a meeting of E.U. Foreign Ministers in mid-October, came two days after U.S. President George W. Bush formally lifted America's own economic sanctions. Libya...