Bush urges release of 5 nurses in Libya
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"We strongly support the release of the Bulgarian nurses in Libya"  US President George W. Bush said yesterday it was a high priority for the United States to win the release of five Bulgaria n nurses sentenced to death in Libya for infecting children with HIV. via People's Daily Online
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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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President Bush has decided to lift sanctions against Libya, which he expects to trigger release of more than &#36;1 billion to families of Pan Am 103 victims, a senior administration official said Sunday.
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US President George W. Bush expects that new allegations of prisoner abuses in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba would &quot;be taken seriously,&quot; the White House said Tuesday.
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President Bush on Friday demanded that Iran "immediately and unconditionally" release four Iranian-American scholars and activists being held on suspicion of spying.
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U.S. President George W. Bush has  written Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi saying Washington wants  to strengthen ties with Libya, Libyan news agency Jana  reported.
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President Bush on Friday called on Tehran to release four detained Iranian-Americans "immediately and unconditionally."
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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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By KHALED EL-DEEB and WILLA THAYER , Associated Press Writers Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were convicted and sentenced to death by a Libyan court Tuesday on charges they deliberately infected ...Comment
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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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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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U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell vowed Tuesday to continue pressing Libya to free five Bulgarian nurses it has sentenced to death for allegedly causing a death outbreak at a hospital.
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US President George W. Bush had decided to lift sanctions against Libya in a move expected to trigger the release of more than $US1 billion ($1.
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Five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya have been moved to a special facility in their prison, the Trud newspaper reported Thursday.
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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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SAN FRANCISCO - An American captured among a group of Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters on Tuesday asked US President George W. Bush to commute his 20-year prison sentence for aiding Afghanistan&#39;s ousted Taliban government.
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Top news: 23 December 2004, Thursday. The Qaddafi Foundation has vowed to assist for the improvement of living conditions for the five Bulgarian nurses staying in Libyan prison.