Rice to make historic Libya visit :

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to make a "historic" first visit to Libya on Friday, the state department has announced.
Her visit will be the first by a US secretary of state to Libya since 1953.
Libya was on the state department list of sponsors of terrorism until 2006, after it abandoned weapons of mass destruction and renounced terrorism.
On Monday, Libya agreed on compensation for families of the victims of the Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie in 1988.
The deal paved the way for Ms Rice's visit to what was once considered a pariah state.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was described by late President Ronald Reagan as a "mad dog", will host Ms Rice.
The state department said this was proof that the US does not have permanent enemies and showed the success of the Bush administration's non-proliferation policies.