Libya agrees airline bomb compensation

Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi says agreement over compensation has been reached between his country and the families of the 170 victims of a French airliner that exploded nearly 14 years ago.

“The Gaddafi charitable organisations have been dealing with the families to reach an agreement and they have reached an agreement,” Gaddafi said during a speech televised live last night on state-run TV on the eve of the anniversary of the 1969 coup that brought him to power.