VOL. XLVI

No 11

17-March-2003

LIBYA

Lockerbie Responsibility/Compensation Deal Said To Be Close

Libya has reached an agreement in principle with the US and the UK to accept responsibility for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and pay compensation to the victims family, according to sources close to talks involving the three parties in London on 11 March. A final deal on the two issues was said to be close, clearing the legal obstacles in the way of US sanctions on Libya being lifted. President Bush, in...