MUAMMAR Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi wish to hand themselves in to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, a senior Libyan military official with the National Transitional Council (NTC) said last night.

Muammar Gaddafi’s blood-streaked body was on display in a commercial freezer at a shopping centre as Libyan authorities argued about what to do with his remains and questions deepened over official accounts of the longtime dictator’s death.

Revolutionary forces are pushing into the centre of Muammar Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte, squeezing the remaining loyalist fighters still holding out.

Facing little resistance, revolutionary fighters captured the airport and other parts of a southern desert city that is one of the last remaining strongholds of Muammar Gaddafi's forces, even as military offensives stalled to the north.

Rebels hunting the top officials in Muammar’s Gaddafi’s ousted regime have captured his foreign minister and are closing in on Gaddafi himself, rebel officials said today.

Libyan rebels have pledged to launch an assault within days on Muammar Gaddafi’s home town, the ousted strongman’s last major bastion of support.

Libyan rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi’s forces say they have launched a major push toward a key town along the Mediterranean coast near Tripoli, backed by tanks and rocket fire.

The Libyan rebels’ military commander was killed by his comrades while in custody after he was arrested by the opposition’s leadership on suspicion of treason, a witness said today.

Nato air strikes targeted the centre of Muammar Gaddafi’s seat of power early today, destroying a multi-storey library and office and badly damaging a reception hall for visiting dignitaries.

Libyan government soldiers and rebel gunmen battled in the streets of a key front-line city today.

Nato says it has taken over all air operations over Libya from the US, which had led the international force that has been bombarding Muammar Gaddafi’s forces

Libyan rebels have regained control of the eastern gateway city of Ajdabiya after international airstrikes on Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.

Nato and the international community cannot “stand idly by” if Libyan government forces continue attacking civilians, the alliance’s top official says.

Arab foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting this weekend to forge a response to the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 50 people in the past few days, the head of the Arab League said today.

ITALIAN club Perugia is courting the star of Sweden’s World Cup women’s football team Victoria Svensson apparently to play in the Serie A.