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Meddlesome Mme. Sarkozy Jeopardized Talks on Medics

First Lady hogged credit after liberation

(Newser) - The wife of the new French president gatecrashed delicate negotiations to free six foreign medical workers from a Libyan prison, then hogged the credit, Der Spiegel reports. After EU diplomats secured their release, Cecilia Sarkozy flew to Tripoli and escorted them to Bulgaria—making it appear she had won their...

Jailed Medics Freed, Pardoned
Jailed Medics Freed, Pardoned

Jailed Medics Freed, Pardoned

After eight years, the nurses go home

(Newser) - Six medics imprisoned by Libya on charges of infecting children with HIV are finally free today. EU officials struck a deal with Libya after years of negotiations, and the five nurses and one doctor were extradited to Bulgaria, where they were immediately pardoned by the Bulgarian president. In return, the...

Libya Spares Lives of Nurses, Doc in HIV Case

Executions called off after payments to infected kids' families

(Newser) - The Libyan government today spared the lives of the foreign medical workers sentenced to die for infecting hundreds of children with HIV. Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor had their sentences commuted to life in prison after the families of the infected children each accepted $1 million and withdrew...

Top 10 Up &amp; Coming Destinations
Top 10 Up & Coming Destinations

Top 10 Up & Coming Destinations

(Newser) -
  1. Gdansk, Poland
  2. Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
  3. Nesebar, Bulgaria
  4. San Ignacio, Belize
  5. Antananarivo, Madagascar

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