EU cites progress in bid to free Bulgarian nurses
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The European Union said on Tuesday it  made &quot;substantial progress&quot; in talks with Libya this week to  secure the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian  doctor held in Libya, but more talks were needed.
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Bulgaria said it was hopeful of an agreement with Libyan authorities on Monday that would pave the way for the release of six foreign medics convicted of infecting Libyan children with HIV.
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Bulgaria's foreign minister said Friday that negotiations were taking place with the families of Libyan children with HIV, but he cautioned that a deal to allow the release of six medics convicted of infecting them was far from being reached.
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Cuba released three imprisoned  dissidents on health grounds on Monday in what opposition  activists called a bid to end a diplomatic standoff with the  European Union.
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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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afrol News, 11 October - Foreign Ministers of the European Union (EU) today agreed to lift the last sanction on Libya, including the arms embargo, to be able to reach a deal on halting illegal immigrants to Europe in Libya.
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With the case of imprisoned Bulgarian nurses about to be settled, the West's old enemy is refurbishing his image
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Europe's programme for funding scientific research in the member states is a step closer to being adopted.
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Five Europeans kidnapped in Ethiopia 12 days ago have been released and are in good health, British foreign minister Margaret Beckett said on Tuesday.
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The European Union agreed on Monday to  send a mission to help train local police in Afghanistan, whose  government is struggling with an Islamist insurgency.
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EU officials are in Libya to try to resolve the case of medics sentenced to death for infecting children with HIV.
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The European Union, backed by France&#39;s first lady, pushed on Monday for an end to the eight-year ordeal of six foreign medics jailed for life for infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy, his wife and EU officials pressed for the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to life in prison in Libya for allegedly infecting children with AIDS, the president's office said Monday.
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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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Bulgarian authorities have released from custody three Turkish nationals, who have been briefly arrested for illegally entering Bulgaria, and are reportedly wanted on gross embezzlement charges in their ...
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Bulgarian judicial officials meet Wednesday to seek the transfer from Libya of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor after their death sentences were commuted to life in prison for infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus.
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Libya has asked for normalized  relations with the European Union in talks over releasing six  foreign medics jailed for infecting hundreds of children with  HIV, an official source in Libya said on Monday.