Lockerbie bomber for oil: UK-Libya deal?
Several MP's have accused Gordon Brown of rushing through a treaty with Libya which could lead to the repatriation of the Lockerbie bomber, in an effort to protect British oil interests, headlines The Guardian. The paper features another article describing Britain’s increasingly warm diplomatic relations with the oil-state since 2005 and quotes a BP spokesman claiming that a deal with Libya "could raise to over $20bn in the next two decades.” The Parliament's joint human rights committee has been pressing to scrutinise the treaty, as they claim that the rapprochement with one of the most oil rich nation in Africa has been rushed through with little regard for human rights.
The decision to release Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has been mired in controversy this week. Scottish Justice Minster Kenny MacAskill will make a decision in the next few days on the repatriation of al-Megrahi, who has terminal prostate cancer. The US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, has waded into the debate by personally contacting MacAskill, to lobby against al-Megrahi's release. The Guardian previously raised suspicions after he mysteriously withdrew his appeal for release in a Scottish court. To some, this reinforced speculation that the British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson and Colonel Gadaffi's son met whilst Mandelson was on holiday in Corfu, in Greece, and confirmed a deal.
The bombing of the plane which was flying between London and New York, killed 270 people in 1988. It crashed in Lockerbie, Scotland. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, 57, was convicted in 2001 for life, although doubts are still raised as to whether he received a fair trial.
In a time of crisis with high unemployment, young Lithuanians are following in the footsteps of their emigrant ancestors. Tens of thousands have left the country in search of a better life, mainly in the British Isles and Scandinavia. The weekly Veidas reports: 
The new Eurogroup meeting on February 9 is not enough to banish the spectre of a Greek bankruptcy. While Athens may largely be responsible for the crisis, the EU and its partners are not blameless themselves. La Stampa argues that their confused messages and the absence of any strategy have transformed a resolvable problem into an explosive chaos. 
Two camps, two theories, and two visions of France: 18 years after the massacre of 800,000 Tutsis, the precise role played by Paris is still the subject of heated debate, fueled by the findings of successive criminal investigations.