The Libyan government has been “extremely apologetic” about the desecration of British war graves in the eastern city of Benghazi, a UK Foreign Office Minister said today.

SYRIAN security forces pursuing anti-government protesters stormed several towns and villages, killing at least six people — including a child — and wounding many others during raids and house-to-house searches, activists said.

The American government praised the upholding of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi’s conviction and said Libya now had to pay compensation to his victims.