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A A A' African leaders have approved a contentious decision to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir The final decision by the African Union heads of state summit says AU members "shall not cooperate ... in the arrest and transfer of the President of Sudan to the ICC." Bashir has been ...

African heads of state on Thursday discussed a drastic new decision against the International Criminal Court that would in practice give Sudan's president impunity from prosecution for war crimes by the ICC, a draft document at the AU summit showed.

A number of armed rebel movements in Darfur say they are ready to resume peace talks with the Sudanese Government, the African Union-United Nations official tasked with promoting dialogue between the two sides says.

Iran's Fars news agency says that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will not attend the African Union summit in Libya as was expected.

Sudan's ministry of foreign affairs declined to comment. There was no immediate comment from Libya or confirmation of the remarks.

Countries in North Africa are boosting precautionary measures in heightened efforts to prevent bubonic plague from spreading to their territories.

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Libya's leader Colonel Moamer Kadhafi showered then US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice with gifts during her historic visit to Tripoli last year, according to a government report.

BEIRUT: Lebanon charged five people on Wednesday on charges of planning to murder Libya's prime minister to avenge the 1978 disappearance of a Shiite spiritual leader, a judicial official said.

Libya's National Oil Company is accusing Canada's Verenex Energy Inc. of improperly bidding for exploration rights in the North African country four years ago.

THIRTEEN cases of bubonic plague have been recorded in eastern Libya, near the border with Egypt, Health Minister Mohamad Hijazi told AFP on Wednesday, stressing the situation was under control.

The World Health Organization is looking into a potential outbreak of bubonic plague in Libya near the Egyptian border.

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Libyan authorities have reported an outbreak of bubonic plague in the Mediterranean coastal town of Tubruq, and the World Health Organization was sending a team to investigate, a WHO official said on Tuesday.

ROMANCING ROMANS: The Libyan leader met with about 100 former residents of his country in one of the tents that had been erected in a park in Rome for his visit AP, ROME Monday, Jun 15, 2009, Page 6 Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi on Saturday invited the Italians he expelled in 1970 to come back to visit or work in his country.

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has met with representatives of approximately 20,000 Italians he expelled from his country in 1970 to punish Rome for its 30-year colonial rule.

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddaf greets Romans from the sunroof of his limousine while forming an impromptu parade in Piazza Venezia in Rome June 11, 2009.

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has lashed out at the United States by likening the 1986 U.S. strikes on Libya to Osama bin Laden's terror attacks.

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi began his first visit to Italy on Wednesday with a warm embrace from Premier Silvio Berlusconi, evidence of better ties between the energy-rich desert nation and its former colonial ruler.

Rome, June 9 - Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi will have a packed schedule when he arrives here on Wednesday for his first, historic visit to the Italian capital.