Libya and US discuss attack compensation: report

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TRIPOLI (AFP) — Libya and the United States have resumed talks on compensation for the relatives of US victims of Libyan terrorist attacks and Libyan victims of US air raids, the daily Oya said on Thursday.

The US State Department has denied that the talks also involve compensation for Libyan victims of the American military response to Libyan attacks.

Talks are being held in Abu Dhabi according to Oya, a paper close to Seif al-Islam, eldest son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, and are led by David Welch, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, and Libya's deputy Foreign Minister Abdelaati Laabidi.

This is the third round after earlier talks in London when, according to the US State Department, "both parties affirmed their desire to work...