US Lifts Economic Sanctions, Libya Welcomes
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TRIPOLI, September 21 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - Libya has welcomed Washington&#39;s lifting of most of the economic sanctions slapped on Tripoli because of US charges of sponsoring terrorism, saying it was in the interest of both countries.
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President Bush on Monday formally  ended the U.S. trade embargo on Libya to reward it for giving  up weapons of mass destruction but left in place some U.S.  terrorism-related sanctions.
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LUXEMBOURG  - The European Union on Monday ended 11 years of sanctions against Libya and eased an arms Embargo to reward the North African country for giving up plans to develop weapons of mass destruction.
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President Bush on Monday formally ended the US trade embargo on Libya to reward it for giving up weapons of mass destruction but left in place US terrorism-related sanctions.
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The European Union has agreed to implement last year's U.N. decision to lift economic sanctions on Libya as well as ending its arms embargo on the North African country, diplomats said on Wednesday.
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Libya took another big stride out of diplomatic isolation on Wednesday when the European Union agreed to lift all sanctions on the North African country.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States yesterday lifted its embargo on direct aid to, and diplomatic contact with, the Palestinian government, joining the European Union and other countries in a swift demonstration of support for embattled President Mahmoud Abbas in his struggle against the anti-Israeli militant group Hamas.
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Cuba announces a ban on commercial transactions in dollars in response to tighter US sanctions.
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The European Union on Monday ended 11 years of sanctions against Libya and eased an arms embargo to reward the North African country for giving up plans to develop weapons of mass destruction.
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President Bush on Monday signed an executive order lifting sanctions against Libya, rewarding the country for agreeing to dismantle its weapons programs.
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NEW YORK: US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday praised Libya&#39;s decision to renounce weapons of mass destruction but renewed persistent US concerns about terrorism in
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The US economic embargo of Cuba jumped to the top of the Castro governmentâs agenda on Thursday. For the 13th year in a row, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution condemning the US embargo.
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A senior US diplomat met with Libyan government representatives to discuss the removal of remaining US sanctions on Tripoli ahead of next week's deadline for the measures to be lifted, a move tied to the payment of compensation for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, State Department officials said.
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The British government said Tuesday that it was delighted that the United States has lifted the remaining sanctions on Libya. &quot;We are delighted that, in delivering on the historic commitment made on Dec.
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President Bush revoked the United States trade embargo on Libya on Monday and took other steps aimed at eventually establishing normal relations with the government of Col.
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President Bush on Monday removed a ban on commercial air service to Libya and released $1.3 billion in frozen Libyan assets in recognition of ``significant&#39;&#39; steps to eliminate its deadliest weapons programs.
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The European Union ended 11 years of sanctions against Libya today and eased its arms embargo as a reward for Tripoli giving up plans to develop weapons of mass destruction.