Gaddafi's son seeks asylum in Niger

A son of Muammar Gaddafi and three of his generals were trying to gain political asylum today in the poor, landlocked nation of Niger, after a 1,000 mile-plus drive across the vast desert that separates the two countries.

The generals are trying to pave the way for other Gaddafi supporters to follow, but one regime loyalist doubted that Gaddafi himself ever would, saying he would be comfortable enough living in the Sahara to stay there indefinitely.