Libya sets out conditions

Tripoli - Libya will hand over the two men accused of the Lockerbie bombing, but only if it receives guarantees that Holland …

Tripoli - Libya will hand over the two men accused of the Lockerbie bombing, but only if it receives guarantees that Holland will be the "last stop" in the legal process, it emerged at the weekend. In his latest comments on the case, Col Muamar Gadafy said he suspected the offer from Britain and the US of a trial under Scottish law in The Hague was a ploy to transfer the defendants to Britain.

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