TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Northern Ireland officials were in Libya Saturday to negotiate payments to victims of Irish Republican Army violence, observers said.

TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- The Libyan government has replaced the head of the state oil company in a move that industry analysts say indicates Col. Moammar Gadhafi's regime is turning its back on foreign oil companies that have been clamoring to return to the long-shuttered North African country.

TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Russia's state arms exporter is launching a big drive at the Tripoli air show to sell combat jets, missiles and air-defense systems to Middle Eastern states, including the state-of-the-art S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile that Iran and Syria desperately want to acquire.

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has canceled plans for a stopover in Canada, but officials say they are still wondering why he wanted to visit the country.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says the release of Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrah will allow U.S.-Libyan relations to move forward.

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will make an unofficial one-day stop in Canada next week on his way back to the Mideast, the Canadian government said Thursday.

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi delivered a rambling speech Wednesday before the U.N. General Assembly, criticizing both the organization and the United States.

BEDFORD, N.Y., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A New York City suburb says it wants Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to remove his trademark Bedouin tent, set up as part of his visit to the United Nations.

LONDON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie bomber released on compassionate grounds, is innocent, says Moammar Gadhafi's son Saif al-Islam.