Italy calls time on Libya embargo
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Italian Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu says Italy is ready to lift EU sanctions on Libya unilaterally if the whole EU fails to do so next week.
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Italy resumed deportations to Libya on Wednesday, ignoring United Nations criticism of the airlift in its drive to deter would-be asylum seekers heading to its shores from Africa.
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Italy's prime minister said on Tuesday he had appealed to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to spare the lives of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death for infecting hundreds of children with HIV.
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European Union foreign ministers on Monday discussed ending 11 years of sanctions against Libya and easing an arms embargo to reward the North African country for shedding plans to develop weapons of mass destruction.
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The European Union has agreed to lift an arms embargo on Libya after pressure from Italy, which said the North African country needed better equipment to tackle illegal migrants.
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The European Union agrees to lift its embargo on the sale of arms to Libya.
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LUXEMBOURG - The European Union has agreed to ease an 18-year arms embargo against Libya, going one step farther than the US which dropped its trade embargo against the former pariah, but maintained a weapons ban.
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The European Union on Wednesday agreed in principle to lift an arms embargo on Libya after pressure from Italy, which wants the Libyan government to help crack down on illegal immigration to the EU.
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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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Italy will stop applying EU sanctions against Libya next week even if the measures are not lifted by the European Union, Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu revealed.
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Italy's football industry urged government and sporting authorities meeting on Monday to lift a ban on soccer matches as the nation prepared to bury a policeman killed by rioting fans.Comment
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A group that has kidnapped an Italian journalist in Iraq said it will attack Italy within 48 hours unless it withdraws its troops, Italian news agency Ansa reported, citing a video transmitted by al-Jazeera.
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Italy says it will lift anti-terror sanctions on Libya unilaterally if the rest of the EU fails to back the measure next week.
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No changes are being made to the programme for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's visit to Libya this week despite Islamist threats, Italian government sources said.
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Italy resumes the forced expulsions of migrants to Libya, brushing aside criticism from the UN.
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ROME -- Italy resumed the forced deportation of immigrants to Libya yesterday and denied the United Nations' refugee agency access to the would-be asylum seekers.
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Italy will continue its military operations in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema said, as part of the ruling coalition called for Italian troops to withdraw.