London - A Libyan man jailed for life for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing in which 270 people died launched an appeal against his conviction Tuesday claiming that he suffered a "miscarriage of justice."Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, 57, claims that his 2001 conviction by a special court in Camp Zeist in the Netherlands for the bombing of an American airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie was based on "wholly circumstantial evidence."

Berlin - Germany's economics minister announced plans Sunday to develop economic and energy ties with Libya, during a weekend visit to the north African state accompanied by a delegation of 100 business leaders. Talks focused on energy policy and infrastructure projects, the German economics ministry said.

"Libya is our largest oil supplier outside of Europe and also has large gas reserves," Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg told the Sunday edition of German daily Bild.

Sofia - Five Bulgarian nurses who had spent eight years in detention and sentenced to death in Libya before being deported in
2007 have demanded compensation from the government in Tripoli over their ordeal.

The women and the Palestinian man who was also among the six medical workers accused of intentionally infecting more than 400 children with the HIV virus have called on the United Nations to intervene to "bring the Libyan state to justice."

Geneva  - Libya has filed a civil lawsuit against the Canton of Geneva for arresting last year the son and daughter-in-law of the Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi, the Swiss TSR channel reported Wednesday.

The lawsuit, for over 500,000 francs (437,000 dollars), alleges the manner of the arrest was disproportionate and violated international regulations related to diplomacy.

In July last year, employees at a Geneva hotel called the police to complain about the abuse of two servants at the hands of their foreign bosses, Hannibal al-Qadhafi and his wife.

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Tripoli - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi agreed Thursday to focus on humanitarian and social means to reach peace in the western Sudanese Darfur region.

After their meeting, the leaders issued a joint statement saying that they agreed on promoting the Doha dialogue between the Sudanese government and rebel factions in Darfur to solve the conflict with social means.