Egypt has also allowed Libyan security agents to operate freely in Cairo, where they have intimidated enemies of the Qaddafi Government.

Senegal broke relations with the Qaddafi Government in June 1980, accusing Libya of interference in its affairs, a charge frequently made against Libya by other African nations.

The frustration with the Qaddafi Government appears to arise in large part from a sense that the colonel is squandering what had been a promising start.

The Qaddafi Government has in fact moderated its rhetoric and its pattern of trouble-making.

Losing the Aozou Strip, a 43,000-square-mile stretch including desert and the Tibesti mountain range, would have been a major blow to the Qaddafi Government.

A9 Egyptian reconciliation with Libya has progressed at an unexpectedly rapid pace, disturbing some Egyptians who recall a decade of enmity with the Qaddafi Government.

Libya had raised the matter of sending the body home as early as mid-December, and asked the Vatican to serve as an intermediary even though it has no relations with the Qaddafi Government.

Normal diplomatic ties between the United States and Libya were broken more than 10 years ago, amid allegations that the Qaddafi Government was behind terrorist attacks.

The United States, which has long labeled the Qaddafi Government a supporter of terrorism, bars nearly all economic ties with Libya.

China, Libya and Poison Gas China is negotiating with Libya to sell ingredients for chemical weapons to the Qaddafi Government, Bush Administration officials said.