Tripoli - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi agreed Thursday to focus on humanitarian and social means to reach peace in the western Sudanese Darfur region.

After their meeting, the leaders issued a joint statement saying that they agreed on promoting the Doha dialogue between the Sudanese government and rebel factions in Darfur to solve the conflict with social means.

Tripoli - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by an international court for crimes against humanity, arrived in Libya Thursday in an unscheduled visit for talks with Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi, the Libyan news agency (JANA) reported.

The satellite news channel al-Arabiya reported on Thursday that Al-Bashir, who arrived in Egypt Wednesday, had been scheduled to make Ethiopia the latest stop in his tour of countries that have not signed the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and so are not obligated to execute the arrest warrant.

Tripoli  - Libyan authorities on Tuesday released two men imprisoned since February 2007 for planning a protest in Tripoli. They were the last of their group to be freed, human rights groups said.

Libya's State Security court sentenced Jamal al-Haji and Faraj Humaid to 12 and 15 years in prison, respectively, in February 2007 for planning to attend a protest in Tripoli's Martyr Square to commemorate a the anniversary of a 2006 clash between protesters and police that left 11 people dead.

Tripoli  - Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi had by Tuesday not responded to the previous day's call for his return to politics.

Around 5,000 young Libyans took part in a pro-Gaddafi demonstration in central Tripoli on Monday. The youth organization members, wore orange t-shirts and shouted: "We need you to build the future of Libya."

They also urged Moamer Gaddafi to ensure his 36-year-old son became politically active again.

Tripoli/Bern - Libya has shocked Swiss officials by announcing plans to reduce its economic ties to Switzerland, apparently in continued protest over the brief arrest in July of the son of Libyan leader Moamer Gadaffi.

Measures announced Thursday night by the state-run JANA news agency include the withdrawal of 7 billion dollars of government funds from Swiss banks, the cessation of multiple economic cooperation projects between the two countries, and a cutoff of Libyan oil exports to Switzerland.

Tripoli  - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi in Tripoli on Friday during her landmark visit marking the end of decades of frosty relations between the two countries.

Gaddafi welcomed Rice and her aides in a building in a government compound in central Tripoli. Photographers, who left the meeting hall after their first few shots, reported that Gaddafi was wearing a white Libyan robe decorated with a brooch in the shape of Africa.