TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A Libyan judge on Saturday fined one of two Swiss businessmen whose convictions for breaking immigration rules have already strained diplomatic links between Libya and Switzerland, their lawyer said. The cases of Max Goeldi and Rachid Hamdani have also unsettled some of the foreign investors who flocked to Libya after the oil producer emerged from international isolation. "The ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - A Libyan court has cleared Swiss businessman Rachid Hamdani of illegally being in the North African country, his lawyer and a spokesman for the Swiss foreign ministry said on Sunday. Hamdani's case, along with that of countryman Max Goeldi, head of Libya operations for Swiss-Swedish engineering firm ABB, caused a diplomatic row between Libya and Switzerland. It ...

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A Libyan court on Saturday postponed until January 30 the trial of Max Goeldi, one of two Swiss businessmen whose prosecution is at the center of a diplomatic row between Libya and Switzerland, their lawyer said. The case of the two men has led to accusations in Switzerland that the government there has mishandled the affair, and it ...