Washington Seeks Talks With Libya

Two decades after breaking diplomatic ties, the U.S. has asked U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to arrange face-to-face talks with Libya. Peter Burleigh, the U.S. representative to the U.N., said such a meeting would focus on the steps that Libya must take before U.N. sanctions can be lifted permanently. A U.S. official said the issue of resuming diplomatic ties would also probably be raised. On Monday, Libya handed over two suspects in a 1988 Pan Am jet bombing. The move triggered the suspension of U.N. sanctions imposed in 1992.