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Libya Names U.S. Beauty Contestant as
Consul
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya, which has
been trying to thaw relations with Washington, has given a U.S.
beauty contestant citizenship and named her as honorary consul to
the United States.
The Libyan news agency Jana said on Tuesday Libya had named Tecca
Zendik, a U.S. citizen who lives in the United States, to the post
at an official ceremony in Tripoli on Sunday at which she was also
granted citizenship and a Libyan passport.
"Libya was convinced Zendik would play an effective role in the
service of relations with the United States," it quoted a Foreign
Ministry spokesman as saying at the ceremony.
Libya under Muammar Gaddafi (news
- web
sites) remains on the U.S. list of states that sponsor terrorism
and rapprochement has proved elusive despite its improving relations
with Britain and other European countries.
Zendik went to Tripoli in November as the U.S. contestant in a
beauty pageant, Miss Net World, whose winner -- British model Lucy
Layton -- was chosen by votes via the Internet.
At Sunday's ceremony Zendik pledged to work for peace, telling
Libyan officials that she and many Americans oppose wars and yearn
for friendly links with other peoples, Jana said.
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