Libya frees HIV medics
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Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who had death sentences for allegedly contaminating Libyan children with HIV overturned have left Tripoli.
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Libya wants full diplomatic ties restored with the EU in exchange for freeing six jailed medics, diplomats say.
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Six foreign medics reprieved from a death sentence in Libya after an eight-year ordeal over the infection of hundreds of children with HIV-tainted blood were facing an anxious wait on Wednesday as the world called on Tripoli to send them home.
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Bulgaria donated $56.6 million in Soviet-era debt owned by Libya as its contribution to a deal that led to the release of six medics convicted of infecting Libyan children with HIV.
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Libya changed the death sentences of six medical workers to life in prison after the families of the infected children each received $1 million.
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Libya's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting more than 400 children with the AIDS virus. But the verdict may not be the final word in the case.
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A financial deal is reportedly reached in the case of foreign medics on death row for infecting Libyan children with HIV,
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Six foreign medics convicted of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV were freed on Tuesday after a "full partnership" deal between Tripoli and the European Union ended their eight-year ordeal.
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Libya&#39;s Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed the death penalty against six foreign medics convicted of infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus, but a reprieve may still be possible in the case that has dragged on for eight years.
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Libya's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting more than 400 children with the AIDS virus.
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The families of hundreds of HIV positive children in Libya received a $460 million financial settlement on Tuesday, opening the door for a judicial panel to free six foreign medics condemned to death for infecting them.
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Libya&#39;s Supreme Court on Wednesday  upheld death sentences on five Bulgarian nurses and a  Palestinian doctor for deliberately infecting hundreds of  Libyan children with HIV.
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Bulgaria said it hoped Libya would finalize an deal on Monday to free six foreign medics convicted of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV, a move that would boost Tripoli's relations with the West.
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PARIS, Dec. 19 -- Six foreign health workers were condemned to death by a Libyan court on Tuesday on charges they deliberately infected more than 400 children with the HIV virus, in a lengthy case that has set back Libya's attempts to repair relations with the United States and Europe.
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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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Efforts to free six foreign medics sentenced to death for infecting Libyan children with HIV may be near a conclusion after "positive" European initiatives, a son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Sunday.
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Six foreign medics convicted of infecting Libyan children with HIV were freed on Tuesday after a "full partnership" deal between Tripoli and the European Union ended their eight-year ordeal.