Swiss businessman acquitted in Libya...

A court in Libya on Sunday acquitted Swiss national, Rachid Hamdani, of charges of conducting business in the country illegally.

The verdict was announced by Hamdani’s lawyer, Salah Zahaf.

Hamdani, who worked for a construction company, is one of two Swiss businessmen who have been prevented from leaving Libya since July 2008.

The other, Max Göldi, the head of Libyan operations for the Swiss-Swedish engineering giant ABB, was sentenced on Saturday on the same charge to a fine of 1,000 dinars (SFr 865), described by commentators as “symbolic”. More...

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