Normalisation Beckons

The restoration of full diplomatic ties with Washington is firmly on the agenda, after a positive message from the US State Department in late August about the country's progress in addressing concerns over democracy and human rights. Talks are already underway over opening reciprocal embassies in Washington and Tripoli, while Libya is optimistic about its chances of being removed from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Saif al-Islam Qadhafi, the favoured son of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Qadhafi, has set out year-end 2005 as the deadline for taking it off the list, following a series of steps from

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