21.   In a challenge to the U.N. air embargo, Moammar Gadhafi said Tuesday that Libyans would fly to Saudi Arabia for the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca this year.

22.   In violation of a U.N. air embargo, a Libyan aircraft on Sunday evacuated Arab families stranded in Congo, the Libyan news agency JANA reported.

23.   It was not clear if his plane flew directly from Libya in violation of a U.N. air embargo on the North African state.

24.   Libya has supported Cuba throughout a decades-old U.S. trade embargo, while the Latin American state stood by Libya during a seven-year U.N. air embargo.

25.   Libyan Airlines celebrated the suspension of a U.N. air embargo Wednesday by bringing home Muslim pilgrims from Saudi Arabia.

26.   Libya has praised African countries for voting in June to ignore the U.N. air embargo against Libya.

27.   Libya has supported Cuba throughout a decades-old U.S. trade embargo while the Latin American state stood by Libya during a seven-year U.N. air embargo.

28.   Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi last month pledged to defy the air embargo as of Tuesday.

29.   Libya resumed air links with Jordan Wednesday, sending its first commercial plane to the kingdom since the imposition of a U.N. air embargo seven years ago.

30.   Mandela said the United Nations Security Council had agreed to temporarily lift its air embargo on Libya to allow Saudi ambassador and Gerwel to fly to Tripoli.