LIBYA’S new leaders have said they will try Muammar Gaddafi’s son at home and not hand him over to the International Criminal Court, where he is charged with crimes against humanity.

The rebels who captured Muammar Gaddafi’s son and one-time heir apparent say they will hold him until a court system is set up in Libya and are demanding that he be tried inside the country.

Muammar Gaddafi’s former heir apparent Seif al-Islam has been captured by revolutionary fighters in the southern desert just over a month after his father was killed, setting off joyous celebrations across Libya and closing the door on the possibility that the fugitive son could stoke further insurrection.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has said he will travel to Libya next week for talks with the country’s transitional government on where Muammar Gaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam will be tried.

Muammar Gaddfi’s son Saif al-Islam – the only member of the ruling family to remain at large – was captured as he travelled with aides in a convoy in Libya’s southern desert, officials said today.

Muammar Gaddafi’s son appears to have disappeared in the Sahara Desert and could remain hidden for months as the International Criminal Court and Libya’s new rulers argue about who should try him.

THE chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he is in indirect contact with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi about the possibility of surrendering for trial.

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he is in indirect contact with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi about the possibility of surrendering for trial.

The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to lift the no-fly zone over Libya on October 31 and end its authorisation of military action to protect civilians.

Nato unexpectedly postponed a definite decision to end its bombing campaign in Libya as consultations continued with the United Nations and the country’s interim government over how and when to wind down the operation.

Ex-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s intelligence chief, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, has slipped into the desert nation of Niger and is hiding in the expanse of dunes at the Niger-Algeria border, a Niger presidential adviser said today.

Libya’s all-powerful leader for four decades spent his final weeks hiding in his home town of Sirte, alternating between rage and melancholy as his regime crumbled, his chief bodyguard has revealed.

Volunteer fighters poured in from the Libyan capital and other towns held by the former rebels today to join what they expect to be the final battle for Bani Walid, one of Muammar Gaddafi’s last remaining strongholds.

Muammar Gaddafi supporters rocketed a front line south of Tripoli today, testing the patience of the country’s new leaders as a grace period for the holdouts to surrender runs out.

Muammar Gaddafi’s forces pounded rebels near their port-city redoubt in western Libya today.

Libyan government forces have pounded the outskirts of the rebel-held city of Misrata, killing at least 22 people, a hospital physician said today.