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Negotiations With Libya Draw Fire

Human rights groups say payment of millions amounts to ransom

By Heather McPherson,  Newser User

Posted Jul 25, 2007 12:02 PM CDT

(Newser) – The negotiations that led to the release of the medics imprisoned in Libya are under fire from human rights organizations, which say the payments to the families of children infected with HIV amount to ransom money, the Times reports. Libya ignored due process, took hostages,...   Read full story »

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