HIV medics freed after Libya-EU deal
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Six foreign medics convicted of infecting Libyan children with HIV were freed on Tuesday under a deal to improve Tripoli's ties with the European Union.
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A European Union medical delegation is visiting Libya to assess the plight of some 400 children infected with HIV. In May, five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were sentenced to death for intentionally infecting them.
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Libya took another big stride out of diplomatic isolation on Wednesday when the European Union agreed to lift all sanctions on the North African country.
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EU foreign ministers agreed to lift  an arms embargo on Libya on Monday, despite fears for Bulgarian  and Palestinian medical workers sentenced to death there, but  imposed a visa ban on senior officials from Myanmar.
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Officials in Sofia on Thursday lauded a Libyan vow to spare executions of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of causing an AIDS outbreak at a children's hospital, but reiterated Tripoli ...
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EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner is in Libya working with Cecilia Sarkozy, wife of the French president, to win the release of six foreign medics, a statement said Sunday.
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The European Union (EU) agreed in principle to lift an arms embargo on Libya after pressure from Italy.
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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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The families of Libyan children with HIV received a financial settlement on Tuesday, a spokesman for the family said, opening the door for a government panel to free six foreign medics condemned to death for infecting them.
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Libya and the EU say relations can improve after the release of six Bulgarian medics, as the French head prepares to visit.
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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.
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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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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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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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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 release of six foreign medics raised expectations in Libya for a breakthrough in relations with the West after the European Union promised stepped up economic and political cooperation with Moammar Gadhafi's regime.
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The European Union agreed to lift an 18-year-old arms embargo on Libya, welcoming the country's renunciation of weapons of mass destruction and movement towards &quot;responsible government.&quot;