LIBYA: European Union suspends trade agreement

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European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton told Reuters on Tuesday that the EU was suspending a framework trade agreement it had been negotiating with Libya.

‘I deplore the loss of life and I condemn all acts of violence,” Ashton told journalists in Cairo. “I call on everyone to exercise restraint,’ Ashton said.

‘We will be suspending the framework agreement, which we are in the process of negotiating,’ she added.

-- Molly Hennessy-Fiske