71.   In New York, diplomats said the committee had not received an official Libyan request for an exception to the air embargo.

72.   Iraqis travelling abroad have to pass through Jordan due to the air embargo included in the oil and trade sanctions.

73.   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.

74.   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.

75.   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.

76.   A planned air embargo on Sudan could have an impact on public health and other humanitarian assistance programs, a UN report said Monday.

77.   A UN Security Council debate on an air embargo against the Sudan will be postponed until February, a UN spokesman said Monday.

78.   According to UN officials an air embargo against Sudan could affect the work and supplies of aid organisations that need to travel to the south of the country.

79.   Arab League secretary general Esmat Abdel Meguid said Tuesday he hoped the UN Security Council would allow Libyan pilgrims to break an air embargo and fly to Mecca.

80.   But diplomats say they see a long process before the Security Council adopts a draft resolution enforcing the air embargo, decided in principle in August.