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Libya releases Swiss businessmen

Swiss embassy, Tripoli, Libya

Two Swiss businessmen abducted in Libya in August have been handed over to the Swiss embassy, officials say. Max Goeldi and Rachid Hamdani have been held in Libya for more than a year in the midst of a diplomatic spat between the two countries. Full Article at BBC News

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  1. Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) smiles at his Libyan counterpart Baghdadi Mahmudi (R) at a news conference in Tripoli, November 25, 2009.
  2. RAGUSA, ITALY - OCTOBER 26: Italian paramedics and volunteers help an African immigrant to disembark at Pozzallo harbour on October 26, 2009 in Pozzallo near Ragusa, Italy.
  3. President Moamer Kadhafi of Libya addresses the UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 23, 2009.
  4. Protesters shout slogans in support of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi during a demonstration in front of the United Nations as the UN General Assembly going on in New York on September 23, 2009.
  5. LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 25:  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves Number 10 Downing Street on August 25, 2009 in London, England. Mr Brown has described in a press conference how he felt 'repulsed' by the scenes of the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi on his return to Libya.
  6. EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 20: Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill informs families of the decision to release  Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi on compasionate grounds, on August 20, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  7. ROME - JUNE 10:  Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) attends a meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano (R) at the Quirinale Palace on June 10, 2009 in Rome, Italy. Colonel Gaddafi is in Rome to attend a meeting of G8 Development Ministers.
  8. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) is pictured during his meeting with Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi at the presidential residence in Gorki, outside of Moscow, on October 31, 2008.
  9. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) is welcomed by Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates (R) upon his arrival at Sao Bento Palace in Lisbon on September 4, 2008 before heading to Libya.

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