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BBC News - December 9, 2004
Rana Jawad, BBC, Tripoli
In May, five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were sentenced to death for intentionally infecting them.
This week, Foreign Minister Abdelraham Shalgam said the verdicts could be re-examined if victims were compensated.
The families of the children say they are angry that this has been turned into a political issue rather than being treated as a humanitarian one.
In the coastal town of Benghazi, the visiting delegation was handed a note from the representative of the Libyan families of the infected children.
Demands
In it, Ramadan al-Fituri demands the treatment of the children abroad, the construction of a well-equipped hospital in Benghazi and financial compensation.
The Bulgarian and Palestinian health workers sit in a cage in the court in a 2003 photo The medics have been sentenced to death by firing squad No specific amount was mentioned, with Mr Fituri saying it was negotiable.
But the note indicates that if these terms are met, the legal case against the medics would be revised and the sentences could be reduced or dropped all together.
The latest developments in this legal, and what some call a political, case are raising questions amongst Libyans.
In private they will say that while they welcome any compensation package, no amount will suffice to change the legal verdict against the medics.
However, they say that if this is the will of the government then it would have to be accepted.
The six medics, who say they are innocent, blamed the HIV outbreak at a children's hospital in Benghazi on poor hygiene.
The EU lifted an 18-year arms embargo in October, the latest sign of improving relations with Tripoli.
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