VOL. XLIII

No. 49

4-December-2000

LIBYA

Under Congressional Pressure, Albright Extends Ban On US Travel To Libya

US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, bowing to pressure from the US Congress, on 24 November renewed the 20-year old ban on travel by American citizens to Libya. Although relatives of passengers killed in the Lockerbie air disaster hailed her decision, State Department officials denied any connection between the ban and the trial at a Scottish court in The Netherlands of two...