US to send first envoy to Libya in 36 years
Times of India (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
WASHINGTON: The United States soon will send its first ambassador to Libya in 36 years after a remarkable turnaround in US relations with the once-pariah North African nation. The nomination of Gene Cretz had been held up for more than a year on lawmakers' concerns that Libya had not paid full compensation to the families of victims of the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland,...
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