The fate of captured Libyan dictator’s son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was being worked out today by international justice officials and the country’s rulers.

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.

Muammar Gaddafi’s son and one-time heir is now believed to be heading toward the West African nation of Niger, where his brother and dozens of Gaddafi regime members are already hiding.

Muammar Gaddafi, who ruled Libya with an iron fist for 42 years, was killed today as rebel troops overran the last pockets of loyalist resistance in his home-town Sirte.

The Gaddafi regime warned British officials that there would be “dire consequences” for relations between the UK and Libya if Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi died in his Scottish jail cell, it has emerged.

CAN you imagine the ructions there would be now had our Government succeeded in getting the being deposed Libyan dictator Muammar al-Gadafi to invest in the rescue of our banks late last year?

Rebels have captured the son of Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who faced charges along with his father of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.

The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor has urged Muammar Gaddafi’s own aides to turn him over for trial on murder charges – or risk prosecution themselves.

Fighting that rocked Sanaa for the past five days spread beyond the capital today as Yemeni tribesmen opposed to the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh seized a Republican Guard military camp.

Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi cast doubt on Libyan reports that Muammar Gaddafi’s son and three grandchildren were killed in a Nato air strike, saying coalition forces believed the claim to be “propaganda”.

MUAMMAR GADDAFI’S forces bombarded Libya’s third largest city with artillery fire and advanced on the rebel stronghold of Benghazi as diplomatic steps to prevent him quelling a revolt ran aground.

EU leaders are today set to demand that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi gives up power in Libya with immediate effect – just as his regime regains ground from rebel forces trying to overthrow him.

Few in the Arab world today, unlike in Kosovo, for example, harbour many illusions about Western assistance. As for suggestions that the West somehow arm the rebels, isn’t that what happened with the mujahedeen in Afghanistan and which led to Taliban rule in the first place?

Fresh doubts surrounded the Duke of York’s continuing role as UK trade ambassador today, in the wake of controversy about his ties with a convicted paedophile.

The US Senate condemned the “gross and systematic violations of human rights in Libya” and demanded that its leader Muammar Gaddafi leave office.

Legal moves to secure compensation from the Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi for the victims of IRA violence in the North have been put on hold.

Diplomats have advised all Irish citizens in Libya to leave.

Colonel Gaddafi said today no deal was done to secure the release of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.

The son of Colonel Gaddafi today claimed Libya’s original prisoner transfer deal with the UK had targeted the Lockerbie bomber and was directly linked to talks on trade and oil.

Both the British and Scottish governments are facing acute pressure over the release of the Lockerbie bomber after the most stinging criticism yet of the move.

The British Foreign Office is strongly denying claims that the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Al Megrahi was linked to trade agreements between Britain and Libya.

US forces targeting militants believed to have kidnapped two coalition soldiers raided the main Shiite district in Baghdad today. At least 13 people were killed, including a woman and children, Iraqi officials said.

US forces targeting militants believed to have kidnapped two coalition soldiers raided the main Shiite district in Baghdad today. At least 13 people were killed, including a woman and children, Iraqi officials said.

Ante-post favourite Polar Bear has missed the cut for the totesport Victoria Cup by just one at today’s final declaration stage for the big Ascot handicap on Saturday.