ZURICH - Engineering giant ABB said on Friday its lawyers would appeal on behalf of Swiss employee Max Goeldi, who has been held in Libya for over a year and was handed a jail term for immigration offences this week. Goeldi and a second Swiss busin
TRIPOLI, Libya - Two Swiss businessmen sentenced to 16 months in jail and a fine for violating residency and labor laws will now face trial for illegal economic activities later this month, a Libyan official said Wednesday. The Foreign Ministry offi
TRIPOLI, Libya - A Libyan official says a court has convicted two Swiss businessmen of violating residency and labor laws and sentenced them to 16 months in jail and a $1,500 fine. The two were detained in July 2008 on alleged visa violations &mdash
TRIPOLI - Libya sentenced two Swiss businessmen to 16 months in prison and a fine on Tuesday, an official told AFP, in a row stemming from the arrest in Geneva last year of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's son. The two Swiss citizens have received a
TRIPOLI - Two Swiss businessmen barred from leaving Libya since July 2008 amid a diplomatic row with Bern are to go on trial later this year for tax evasion and over immigration laws, a senior official said on Thursday. The two Swiss citizens will
TRIPOLI, Libya - Two Swiss businessmen arrested in Libya amid a spat with Switzerland involving leader Moammar Gadhafi's son, are to go on trial on accusations of tax evasion and violating residency laws, a Foreign Ministry official said Thursday. T
NIAMEY - Libya has begun repatriating hundreds of Nigerien Tuareg rebel fighters, state television in Niger reported on Wednesday, the latest sign of progress in pacifying Niger's north after two years of revolt. The fighters, who are from an MNJ f
SABRATHA, Libya - The number of illegal immigrants being held by Libya has fallen to under 2,000 thanks to the country's policy of repatriation, a senior official said on Tuesday. Fewer than 2,000 immigrants are being held in 12 detention centres
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