Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Gold/Mining/Energy : Lundin Oil (LOILY, LOILB Sweden) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tomas who wrote (969)	4/2/1999 7:43:00 PM
From: Tomas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2742

Libya: Lockerbie suspects handover 'imminent' - BBC April 2 news.bbc.co.uk The UN's chief legal advisor has begun his journey to escort the Lockerbie bombing suspects from Tripoli to the Netherlands where they will stand trial. His departure is being seen as another sign that the handover of the two suspects for their trial under Scottish law appears to be imminent. Legal counsel Hans Corell left his New York home at 2000 GMT on Friday, indicating that the handover of the two Libyan suspects could take place as early as Saturday. UN officials have said the first public announcement on the suspects will be when Mr Corell has successfully carried out his mission. The Dutch government has said it will allow Tripoli to open a diplomatic mission, despite United Nations sanctions against Libya, due to be suspended only when the suspects arrive in Holland. The sanctions, which include flight and arms embargoes, will be fully lifted 90 days later if the Libyans fully comply with UN resolutions. The Libyan embassy in Brussels is currently the nearest government office and is responsible for Dutch relations. It was not immediately clear where the new diplomatic representative would be posted. 'Imminent handover' More than 100 Scottish police officers are on stand-by in the Netherlands, and Secretary of State for Scotland Donald Dewar said that he believed that the hand over of the men was "imminent". "It is important that we are ready," he said. "We already have people out there in Holland and there are more going out over the next few days, prison officers and police." If the men are handed over, the officers from the Dumfries and Galloway police will take charge of the pair and take them to the airbase set aside for the trial. A leading figure in the campaign to bring Abdel Baset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi and al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah to trial says they could be handed over this weekend. Responding to speculation about a possible handover date, Dr Jim Swire said: "If I was a betting man I would say Saturday." His daughter was among 270 people killed when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up by a terrorist bomb over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988. After years of negotiations and pressure applied through United Nations sanctions, Libya has agreed to hand over the suspcts by 6 April. Under the terms of an agreement reached with Libya's leader Colonel Gaddafi, the men will be sent for trial before a unique Scottish court of three judges at the Camp Zeist Airbase in the Netherlands. The base will become Scottish territory for the duration of the trial and police officers from Scotland are already there in anticipation of a handover.