LONDON (AFP) - (AFP) - Scotland will not seek the extradition of the Lockerbie bomber from Libya's new government, First Minister Alex Salmond said Monday, adding many felt he should be left to die in peace.
Salmond spoke after the brother of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the only man convicted of the 1988 atrocity, said the cancer-stricken bomber was drifting in and out of a coma and CNN r [...]

TRIPOLI (AFP) - (AFP) - When the 10-year-old boy was shot in the back outside Moamer Kadhafi's compound in the Libyan capital, he could never have imagined the even worse horror that awaited him when he got to hospital.
For days he lay unattended, as the hospital had been commandeered by Kadhafi snipers, most of the medical staff had fled in fear, and people around him died by the scores for la [...]

TRIPOLI (AFP) - (AFP) - Libyan rebels were facing a new battle on Saturday, struggling to provide Tripoli's residents with water, electricity, petrol and food, amid power outages and with much of the capital's water cut.
Mountains of rubbish have piled up on the sweltering city's streets since rebels entered the capital over a week ago, battling Moamer Kadhafi's forces until they stormed his co [...]

TRIPOLI (AFP) - (AFP) - Libyan rebels embarked on the job of getting the capital up and running again on Saturday, as a gruesome find near a base of Moamer Kadhafi's elite troops highlighted the brutality of his regime.
Rebel fighters said they had captured the base of the elite 32 Brigade commanded by Kadhafi's son Khamis after a NATO airstrike and seven hours of fierce fighting.
In a buildin [...]

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - (AFP) - The African Union declined Friday to recognise Libya's rebel authority and instead called for the formation of an all inclusive transitional government.
With rebels still battling diehard forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi, South African President Jacob Zuma said at the end of an AU Peace and Security Council meeting in Addis Ababa that the rebels were not yet legitimate [...]

ISTANBUL (AFP) - (AFP) - The West must release all Libya's frozen assets in order for a new government to succeed following the uprising against the 42-year-rule of Moamer Kadhafi, a senior Libyan rebel figure said Friday.
"There will be high expectations after the collapse of the regime. The frozen assets must be released for the success of the new government to be established after the Kadhaf [...]

TRIPOLI (AFP) - (AFP) - Hardened rebel fighters streamed into Tripoli Thursday seeking to deliver a knockout punch to Moamer Kadhafi's diehards and to flush out the elusive strongman, who has a $1.7 million price on his head.
As the six-month rebellion against the former colonel appeared to be drawing to an end, rebel chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil said it had "resulted in more than 20,000 dead."
H [...]

TRIPOLI (AFP) - (AFP) - Rebels overran Moamer Kadhafi's fortified Bab al-Azizya headquarters in Tripoli after heavy fighting Tuesday and immediately hoisted their flag to mark the symbolic end to the strongman's 42-year rule.
As rebel leaders proclaimed they had "won the battle" in Tripoli, fighters celebrated by firing automatic weapons into the air, chanting "Allahu akbar" (God is greatest), [...]

ATHENS (AFP) - (AFP) - Hundreds of jubilant Libyans converged on their embassies and consulates in Europe and elsewhere today to raise the rebel flag and tear down the symbols of Moamer Kadhafi's 42-year rule.
Some of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya's diplomats announced they were defecting to the rebel administration while others deserted their representations.
In one such instance, Libyan consula [...]

PARIS (AFP) - (AFP) - Libya's revolutionary council will vote to decide whether or not to send beleaguered strongman Moamer Kadhafi's captured son to face international justice, its envoy to Paris told AFP on Monday.
Mansur Seif al-Nasr, the official representative of Libya's rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) in France, told AFP the movement makes all important decisions by a vote of it [...]