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Chicago Tribune - December 30, 2006
Libya has denounced Western criticism of the case, saying it is politically motivated and biased against Muslim values.
Diplomatic relations between the two countries have become increasingly strained since 1999 when the medical workers were jailed on charges that they intentionally spread HIV to more than 400 children at a hospital in Benghazi during what Libya claims was a botched experiment to find a cure for AIDS.
Fifty children have died, and the rest received treatment in Europe.
The tensions intensified earlier this month when the nurses and doctor were sentenced to death despite scientific evidence the children had the virus before the medical workers arrived in Libya.
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