41.   In turning the suspects over for trial, he said, the court will not raise questions about Libyan government involvement in the bombing.

42.   In their testimony last June, Bollier and Meister admitted supplying the Libyan government with electronic detonators shortly before the Lockerbie bombing.

43.   It said Tehran asked the Libyan government and top terrorist Abu Nidal for help.

44.   Last year, the Libyan government helped negotiate the release of several other foreigners taken hostage by the Abu Sayyaf from a Malaysian beach resort.

45.   Libya has not provided any arms to the Liberian government, which is fighting a rebellion under a U.N. weapons embargo, the Libyan government has said.

46.   Meanwhile, thousands of Libyan fans who were flown into Jordan by the Libyan government for the soccer matches also vented their anger.

47.   Negotiations between the Libyan government and lawyers representing the families have been carried out in secret without U.S. government participation.

48.   Officials were able to hear details of the compensation offer directly from the Libyan government, but a Foreign Office spokesman declined to say what they had learned.

49.   Relatives believe the bombing plot involved senior figures in the Libyan government as well as other terrorist organizations.

50.   Prosecutors say that Balanian is known to authorities as a smuggler of arms to Libya and is believed to have contacts with the Libyan government.