Moamer Gaddafi

Nearly a year after a Libyan militia announced it had set free the son and heir apparent of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi, the fate of Seif al-Islam remains a mystery.

French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy blasted what he said was a lack of evidence for corruption charges against him over claims the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi funded his 2007 election campaign, in his court statement published Thursday.

An armed group in Libya said on Facebook Saturday it has freed Seif al-Islam, the son of dead dictator Muammar Gaddafi who has been in custody since November 2011.

Five defendants appeared in the dock in the Libyan city of Zawiyah on Tuesday in what court officials said was the first civil trial of suspected supporters of slain dictator Moamer Gaddafi.Judge Amer al-Turki did not read out any charge sheet before adjourning the trial for a week at the request of defence lawyers.

Moamer Gaddafi's regime funded Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 poll campaign, lawyers for former Libyan premier Baghdadi al-Mahmudi said, as the French President dismissed it as a ploy to derail his bid for re-election.

Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Monday to sue a website that claimed that Moamer Gaddafi had financed his 2007 Presidential election, seeking to spin the charge in the crucial final week before France goes to the polls.

Libya put 41 loyalists of dead dictator Moamer Gaddafi on trial on Sunday, in the first legal proceedings launched against members of the former regime which was ousted after a bloody conflict.

One of Moamer Gaddafi's former ministers has predicted that the Libyan leader will follow in Adolf Hitler's footsteps by committing suicide, rather than give up power.Mustapha Abdeljalil, justice minister until he quit over the bloody crackdown on protestors, told Sweden's Expressen that he expected Gaddafi to make good on his pledge to die on Liby...

Nearly a year after a Libyan militia announced it had set free the son and heir apparent of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi, the fate of Seif al-Islam remains a mystery.

French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy blasted what he said was a lack of evidence for corruption charges against him over claims the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi funded his 2007 election campaign, in his court statement published Thursday.

An armed group in Libya said on Facebook Saturday it has freed Seif al-Islam, the son of dead dictator Muammar Gaddafi who has been in custody since November 2011.

Five defendants appeared in the dock in the Libyan city of Zawiyah on Tuesday in what court officials said was the first civil trial of suspected supporters of slain dictator Moamer Gaddafi.Judge Amer al-Turki did not read out any charge sheet before adjourning the trial for a week at the request of defence lawyers.

Moamer Gaddafi's regime funded Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 poll campaign, lawyers for former Libyan premier Baghdadi al-Mahmudi said, as the French President dismissed it as a ploy to derail his bid for re-election.

Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Monday to sue a website that claimed that Moamer Gaddafi had financed his 2007 Presidential election, seeking to spin the charge in the crucial final week before France goes to the polls.

Libya put 41 loyalists of dead dictator Moamer Gaddafi on trial on Sunday, in the first legal proceedings launched against members of the former regime which was ousted after a bloody conflict.

One of Moamer Gaddafi's former ministers has predicted that the Libyan leader will follow in Adolf Hitler's footsteps by committing suicide, rather than give up power.Mustapha Abdeljalil, justice minister until he quit over the bloody crackdown on protestors, told Sweden's Expressen that he expected Gaddafi to make good on his pledge to die on Liby...