Gaddafi makes first trip to West for 15 years

Making his first trip to the West in 15 years, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was aiming today to improve relations with the European Union despite lingering charges of human rights abuses by his government.

Workers were erecting a prayer tent for Gaddafi on the wooded estate at Val Duchesse, a royal mansion on the outskirts of Brussels used by the Belgian government for visiting dignitaries.