PANA Libya, Somalia Sign Cooperation Agreement Panafrican News Agency (Dakar) March 13, 2001 Posted to the web March 13, 2001 Tripoli, Libya Official sources in Tripoli Monday confirmed the signing of a cooperation agreement between the Libyan Jamahiriya and Somalia, in the information sector. By the terms of the agreement, Libya would help Somalia rebuild its media infrastructure destroyed by years of civil strife. Libya would also train Somalis in various media fields including the audio-visual. The general manager of Libyan Radio and Television, Abdallah Mansour, signed the agreement on the Libyan side. Somalia's Information minister Zakariya Mohamed Belhadj, who was on an official visit to Tripoli, signed for his country. Belhadj commended efforts by the leader of the Libyan Revolution, Col. Muammar Kadhafi, in establishing the African Union. The Union was proclaimed on 2 March in Sirte, 450 km east of Tripoli, during the fifth extraordinary summit of the OAU. Libya News and Views Wednesday, 14 March, 2001: France's highest court has ruled that Libyan leader Colonel Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi cannot be prosecuted in connection with the bomb attack on a French DC-10 airliner over Niger in 1989. Ten years after the bombing of UTA Flight 772 which killed 170 people, six Libyans - including Colonel Qadhafi's brother-in-law - were sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment. Last October, a French appeals court ruled that Colonel Qadhafi did not have diplomatic immunity in the case although he is a serving head of state, and could therefore be prosecuted. The court ruled that diplomatic immunity did not apply to acts of terrorism. But on Tuesday the Cour de Cassation overturned the appeals court ruling, effectively ending France's case against the Libyan leader. [BBC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, 14 March, 2001: Libya welcomed Tuesday night France's highest court of appeal's refusal to authorise a criminal investigation into Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi. "This decision proves the extent of the lie of which Libya is the victim," according to Hassuna al-Shauesh, an official spokesman for the Libyan authorities, who welcomed "the improvement in relations between France and Libya." The Cour de Cassation, France's highest court of appeal, refused to authorise a criminal investigation into Libyan leader Mu'ammar Qadhafi over his alleged role in the destruction of a DC-10 airliner over Niger in 1989. [AFP] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, 14 March, 2001: Official sources in Tripoli Monday confirmed the signing of a cooperation agreement between Libya and Somalia, in the information sector. By the terms of the agreement, Libya would help Somalia rebuild its media infrastructure destroyed by years of civil strife. Libya would also train Somalis in various media fields including the audio-visual. The general manager of Libyan Radio and Television, Abdallah Mansour, signed the agreement on the Libyan side. Somalia's Information minister Zakariya Belhadj, who was on an official visit to Tripoli, signed for his country. [PANA] _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
