Bush urges release of Bulgarian nurses in Libya
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President George W. Bush said on Monday it was a high priority for the United States to win the release of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya for infecting children with HIV.
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Libya on Tuesday commuted death  sentences on five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor  convicted of deliberately infecting children with HIV, raising  hopes they would soon be freed after eight years in jail.
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SIRTE, Libya  - A deal to resolve the case of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death for deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV may be close, the children's families said on Friday.
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SOFIA (bnn)- Five Bulgarian nurses, whom Libya has sentenced to death for allegedly causing an AIDS outbreak at a childrenâs hospital, will likely sue the Arab state for illegally arresting and torturing them, an official said Monday.
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Five Bulgarian nurses condemned to death in Libya on charges of spreading AIDS want to sue the northern African country for &quot;unlawful arrest&quot; and torture.
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Politics: 31 August 2004, Tuesday. Bulgaria's authorities are trying to speed up the transfer of the five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya from the Judeyda prison to the special building build for ...
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Top news: 13 February 2005, Sunday. Libyan families of HIV-infected children voiced willingness to negotiate passing life-time sentences on the five Bulgarian nurses who are on the death row for allegedly ...
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U.S. President George W. Bush has  written to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi saying further  strengthening of ties hinges on Libya&#39;s adherence to agreements  under which it scrapped weapons of mass destruction programs,  the White House said on Tuesday.
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France's first lady visited Libya Sunday and met its leader Moammar Gadhafi to press for the repatriation of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor imprisoned for allegedly infecting Libyan children with the AIDS virus, French media and Libyan officials said.
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Thousands of people demonstrated across Bulgaria on Friday to call for the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor condemned to death for infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV.
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Libya proposed Sunday to discuss commuting the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses it has convicted of deliberately causing a HIV outbreak at a hospital, if Bulgaria would offer compensation, the ...
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Five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya for infecting hundreds of children with the virus that causes AIDS have appealed their convictions, their attorney said Sunday.
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The Bush administration has asked Congress to quickly lift a ban on U.S. Export-Import Bank loans in Libya and said "timing is critical" to help American companies invest in the oil-rich country, according to a letter released on Tuesday.
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Bulgaria and the European Union called on  Libya on Wednesday to transfer six foreign medics to Sofia,  after Tripoli lifted their death sentences for infecting  hundreds of children with the HIV virus.
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Libya's parliament vowed to seek compensations from Bulgaria for an AIDS outbreak at a children's hospital and urged execution of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of causing it, a report ...
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"I am calling for calmness and a little bit more patience, Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev said. "We are taking and will be taking all steps to bring this whole case to an end as soon as possible and see our compatriots very soon on Bulgarian soil."  By Anna MudevaSOFIA  - Bulgaria and the European Union called on Libya on Wednesday to transfer six foreign medics to Sofia, after Tripoli lifted their death sentences for infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus.The five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor, who have spent more than eight years in jail, could be pardoned by the Balkan country's president if they are sent to Sofia under a 1984 prisoner exchange agreement with Libya.Following hectic diplomatic talks and payment of hundreds of millions of dollars to the families of 460 HIV victims, Tripoli commuted the death sentences against the six to life imprisonment late on Tuesday, paving the way for their release. Read more
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Libya says death sentences on five Bulgarian nurses convicted of spreading HIV could re-examined.