Libya News and Views Thursday, 12 April, 2001: Thirty-six states have ratified the African Union, according to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which means that the body dreamed up by Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi is close to becoming a reality. Six states that have ratified the necessary documents have yet to lodge them with the OAU. On Monday, Uganda became the latest state to submit ratification documents. "As soon as the last six ratification instruments are lodged with the (OAU) secretariat general, the judicial requirements for proclaiming the African Union will be fulfilled," OAU Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim said in a statement. [News24] Thursday, 12 April, 2001: An article carried in Al-Shams, a principal newspaper in Libya, has strongly condemned the United States for its spy plane intruding into China's territorial airspace, hitting a Chinese fighter and leaving a Chinese pilot missing. The article pointed out that China is entirely justified in demanding that the US bear full responsibility for the mid-air collision incident and stop spy activities against China. It emphasized that the US could confuse right and wrong, but it may not force people all over the world to accept its sophistry. [People's Daily] _________________________________________________ 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] __________________________________________________
