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ICC urges Libya to hand over Kadhafi’s son
Libya must hand over Seif al-Islam, the son of Moamer Kadhafi, to the International Criminal Court, an official said Saturday, while holding out the prospect of a trial in Tripoli. An ICC spokesman said chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampowould travel to Libya next week for talks with the new regime, as world leaders called on the…
Tripoli asks Niger to rethink asylum for Kadhafi son
Libya’s new leaders on Monday urged Niger to reconsider its “hostile” decision to grant asylum to Moamer Kadhafi’s son Saadiduring the uprising which overthrew the longtime leader. “Niger should not become an asylum for criminals. We ask Niger to review this unjustified decision,” said Abdel Hafidh Ghoga, vice chairman of the National Transitional Council and spokesman for the…
UN warns on weapons as Libya elects new PM
Libya’s new prime minister pledged his interim government would set respect for human rights as its priority, as the UN warned against the proliferation of arms looted from Moamer Kadhafi’s huge stockpile. Abdel Rahim al-Keib, an academic and wealthy businessman who is a native of Tripoli, was elected interim prime minister in a public vote…
Arab League urges Syria to take tanks off streets
A proposed Arab League plan to end months of bloodshed in Syriaincludes a demand to remove tanks from the streets, the head of the pan-Arab group Nabil al-Arabi told AFP on Monday. “The Arab proposal to Syria calls for withdrawing tanks and all military vehicles to bring an immediate end to the violence…
Libya militias accused of ‘revenge attacks’
TRIPOLI — Misrata militias are carrying out revenge attacks on the displaced residents of the nearby town of Tawargha, a stronghold of Moamer Kadhafi loyalists during Libya’s eight-month conflict, a rights group said on Sunday. New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a statement it had received credible reports of…
Liberated Libya begins task of forming govt
Libya’s new leaders began Monday the tough task of forging aninterim government uniting the nation’s disparate political forces after 42 years of Moamer Kadhafi’s iron-fisted rule, promising a system of Islamic sharia law. “Today, we begin preparing for a new phase… the phase after the liberation, the phase that we will plan and…
Kadhafi’s body to be ‘handed to his relatives’
TRIPOLI — Libya’s interim government will hand the body of slain despot Moamer Kadhafi to his relatives after consulting with them on the location of his burial, a senior government advisor said on Sunday. “The decision has been taken to hand him over to his extended family, because none of…
Libyans rule out Gaddafi autopsy but promise probe
Military commanders in the Libyan city of Misrata said Saturday that no autopsy would be carried out on the body of Moamer Kadhafi despite concerns over how the toppled dictator died. Interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil said an investigation was being conducted into the circumstances of Kadhafi’s killing following his…
‘It’s your turn next,’ Yemen protesters tell Saleh
SANAA — Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the Yemeni capital on Friday to demand the resignation of veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh, galvanised by the death of Libya’s Moamer Kadhafi. “Ali, it’s your turn next, yours and Bashar’s,” the protesters chanted referring to Syrian President…
‘That’s for Lockerbie’: British press cheers Kadhafi demise
LONDON — The death of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi is a triumph which serves as a warning to other Middle East dictators, but concerns linger over the embattled nation’s future, media said Friday. Newspapers also lauded Britain’s role in bringing about the long-serving ruler’s downfall, but public opinion appeared to…
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