Bow down and we can be friends: US to renew full ties with Libya
'The US is to renew full diplomatic relations with Libya after deciding to remove it from its list of countries that support terrorism.
Washington has not had normal relations with Libya since 1980, and blamed it for the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie which killed 270 people. It lifted many economic sanctions and restored some ties in 2004 after Libya renounced weapons of mass destruction.'
