Fears of militia violence and calls for a boycott threatened today to mar Libya’s first nationwide parliamentary election.

Scotland’s top prosecutor has met the interim Libyan Prime Minister to discuss the continuing investigation into the Lockerbie bombing.

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.

Nato’s triumphant, seven-month air campaign against Libya has ended, setting the country on the path to a democratic transition less than two weeks after the capture and killing of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi.