Berlusconi: Gaddafi's son not dead

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”.

Mr Berlusconi told a late-night talk show yesterday that based on intelligence services, Saif al-Arab was not in Libya, but in another country. He did not elaborate.