11.   Earlier this year Annan, with American approval, assured Gadhafi that only the two suspects, not the Libyan government, would be put on trial.

12.   German authorities announced this week that three businessmen had been charged with selling the Libyan government advanced equipment that can be used to manufacture nerve gas.

13.   If the telegram is authentic, it could give advocates of the bombing victims a new opportunity to sue the Libyan government for compensation in German or American courts.

14.   In the face of a global economic boycott, the Libyan government is launching an ambitious tourism promotion plan to offset dwindling oil revenues and its poor image abroad.

15.   Lockheed Martin spokesman Jeff Rhodes said the planes, which were bought and paid for by the Libyan government, are now the property of the U.S. government.

16.   Nor do we doubt that the Libyan government is guilty as charged.

17.   Publicly, the Libyan government had been saying that it objected to the prospect that the suspects, if convicted, would have to serve jail sentences in Scotland.

18.   Separately, some family members have filed a civil suit against the Libyan government.

19.   She worried that the deal made by the United Nations to win the extradition would strengthen the Libyan government and its leader, Col. Moammar Gadhafi.

20.   Some families have filed a civil suit hoping to settle with the Libyan government.