1. Hundreds of Moslems were waiting at Tripoli airport as Libyan planes prepared to head for Mecca on Tuesday despite a UN air traffic embargo, officials said. 2. In November, Russia requested that a study first be carried out on the humanitarian impact of an air traffic embargo. 3. A planeload of Moslem pilgrims left Tripoli airport on Wednesday heading for Mecca in defiance of a UN air traffic embargo, Libyan state television said. 4. A Libyan plane took off from Tripoli airport on Wednesday with Moslem pilgrims bound for Mecca in defiance of a UN air traffic embargo, state television said. 5. A Libyan plane took off from Tripoli airport on Wednesday with Moslem pilgrims bound for Mecca in defiance of a three-year-old UN air traffic embargo. 6. Egypt said Tuesday it was preparing to allow Libyan planes to cross its airspace for the Moslem pilgrimage to Mecca despite a UN air traffic embargo on Tripoli. 7. Erbakan left Tripoli by land on Sunday and headed overland for Tunis, because of a UN air traffic embargo on Libya in connection with terrorism charges. 8. Erbakan left Tripoli by land on Sunday night headed overland for Tunis, because of a UN air traffic embargo on Libya in connection with terrorism charges. 9. The Sudanese government said on Saturday it was pleased that the United Nations had delayed a decision on imposing an air traffic embargo on international flights in Sudan. 10. Reflecting divisions over the use of sanctions, the UN Security Council Thursday postponed any decision concerning a proposed air traffic embargo on international flights in Sudan. |