20 Mar 2004 - 17 Aug 2022
Friday, 17 November, 2006, 9:18 ( 7:18 GMT )
THE CIA manipulated the Lockerbie trial and lied about the strength of the prosecution case against Libya with the aim to get a result that was politically convenient for America, a former US State Department lawyer says.
Libyan Arab Airlines has been negotiating with aircraft manufacturers with the aim to buy 29 planes as part of its plan to expand its share in the market.
The US vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution that sought to condemn an Israeli massacre of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, demonstrating unprecedented hatred against Palestinians who have been under Israeli occupation for more than 60 years.
Libyan employees' salaries in state-owned companies and institutions will no longer be subject to the control of the infamous Law no. 15 of 1981 which has frozen government salaries for the last 27 years.
Libya to spend LD250 million on a development plan to benefit people with special needs in the country and to enable them to become active members in society.
Dr. Shukri Ghanem, chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), stressed that he was fully confident in Libyan businessmen to carry out all needed services in the oil sector and called for transparency and fair competition by both local and foreign companies in that regard.
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