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To: Tomas who wrote (871)	12/3/1998 6:26:00 AM
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Libya: Second Appraisal Well on En Naga North Flows at over 3,300 BOPD lundinoil.com

To: Tomas who wrote (871)	12/3/1998 7:09:00 AM
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Kofi Annan confirms Libya trip BBC, Thursday, December 3 The UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has confirmed he will fly to Libya on Saturday to meet the Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi. Mr Annan told reporters he was hoping to conclude a deal on the transfer of two suspects in the Lockerbie bombing case in return for the suspension of sanctions. Mr Annan, who is now in Tunisia, has requested special permission from a UN sanctions committee to break the UN embargo on flights to Libya . On Wednesday the UN Secretary-General said his officials had made good progress on negotiating the extradition of two Libyans accused of planting the bomb on Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 which killed 270 people. Diplomats said Mr Annan wanted to be assured that Colonel Gaddafi would agree to hand over the suspects before he made the trip. Correspondents say Mr Annan is not empowered to negotiate any new terms beyond how the two will be transported to the Netherlands for trial. Libya has agreed in principle that the two men, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi and Al-Amin Khalifah Fhimah, could be tried in the Netherlands before Scottish judges. But a key sticking point remains over where the two, if found guilty, would serve their sentences. Libya has said it is not prepared for them to be jailed in Scotland. But Britain announced on Wednesday it was prepared to make special arrangements for the prisoners and that there would be an international observer regime to ensure they were treated properly. Diplomats say once the two suspects have been handed over, Libya would see an immediate suspension of sanctions the UN imposed in 1992. The sanctions, tightened in 1993, include a ban on air travel, an arms embargo, a freeze on some Libyan assets abroad and a ban on certain types of equipment used in oil terminals and refineries. UN legal counsel Hans Corell has spent the last few weeks negotiating detailed arrangements for a possible extradition of the suspects and fielding queries about trial and detention plans from Libyan lawyers. The Dutch authorities have set aside a former air force base for the trial at Camp Zeist near Utrecht. news.bbc.co.uk _________________________________________ FOCUS - Annan says will meet Gaddafi on Lockerbie TUNIS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday he would travel to Libya on Saturday to meet Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and discuss the surrender of two Libyan suspects in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. Annan told reporters when asked if he had taken a decision on travelling to Libya: ''Yes, I will go to Libya on Saturday. We are going to look at solutions to the problem.'' Asked if he would meet Gaddafi, he said: ''Yes, I believe so.'' Annan was speaking after meeting Tunisian Foreign Minister Said Ben Mustapha during a North African tour. Diplomats said on Wednesday that chances had improved after weeks of talks with Libyan lawyers on the surrender of the two suspects accused of blowing up an airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people. Annan on Wednesday asked a Security Council sanctions committee for permission to break a U.N. air embargo and fly either to Tripoli or Sirte, a coastal city 380 miles (450 km) east of the Libyan capital, committee members said. Western and Arab diplomats said the meeting with Gaddafi would be held in Sirte if the U.N. chief went ahead with his plans. Libya has been under U.N. sanctions, including a flight ban, since 1992 for its refusal to hand over the suspects. The diplomats said Annan would not go unless he had been assured Gaddafi had agreed to surrender the suspects for trial in the Netherlands before Scottish judges. Two alleged Libyan intelligence agents, Abdel Basset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah, stand accused of planting a bomb aboard Pan Am Flight 103 that exploded over Lockerbie in December, 1988. U.N. legal counsel Hans Corell has spent the last few weeks negotiating detailed arrangements for a possible extradition of the suspects and fielding queries about trial and detention plans from Libyan lawyers to U.S. and British officials. Annan is not empowered to negotiate any new terms beyond how the two will be transported to the Netherlands, where Dutch authorities have set aside a former air force base for the trial at Camp Zeist near Utrecht. biz.yahoo.com