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A Nigerien soldier has been killed and four wounded during clashes between Niger's army and a group of cars traveling south from Libya, the country's Defence Minister Mahamadou Karidio said

Moammar Gadhafi's son and onetime heir apparent, Saif al-Islam, fearing for his life, has taken refuge among nomads in the Sahara and is seeking an aircraft to fly him out of Africa to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, an official from Libya's ruling National Transitional Council says.

Libyan fighters have overrun the last positions of the Gaddafi loyalists holding out in the city of Sirte, so with the colonel's birthplace now controlled by the NTC, can the transitional government finally say that Libya is liberated?

Justice may still come to bear for the former 'King of Kings' .

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While officials from the National Transitional Council (NTC) have now said that fugitive former leader Moammar Gaddafi could be hiding in the western town of Ghadamis near the Algerian border, the Colonel has turned to a jihadist rhetoric calling his supporters to sacrifice themselves.

Researchers at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, found that women who are in command at home are likely to have less sex.

Muammar Gaddafi is still on the run despite being hunted down by the National Transitional Council and NATO forces. Taking over from Saddam Hussein and Bin Laden, the colonel is now the most wanted man on the planet.

As rebel forces continue the manhunt for fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi in Libya's desert triangle, reports emerging said that more than 200 armoured vehicles possibly sheltering Gaddafi and his sons had crossed into Niger, with sources saying the colonel could be heading for Burkina Faso.

Throughout the last six months, Algeria has been a constant feature of the conflict: imaginary or real ally of Gaddafi, the country has been accused throughout the months of sending troops, arming Gaddafi forces or sheltering the former dictator.

Over the week end, Algeria was forced to deny charges that a Libyan ship offloaded weapons for Muammar Gaddafi's troops at one of its ports.

With strict sanctions imposed against the country, most of his assets frozen and many of his top government officials defecting, how does Gaddafi still manage to hang on to power?

A recording allegedly made by former Al-Qaeda number one Osama Bin Laden shortly before he died has been released. The 12 minute long message sees him praise the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt and speak of a "rare historic opportunity" for Muslims to rise up against the "tyrants". He repeatedly refers to and encourages the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt but does not mention Bahrain, Syria, Libya or even Yemen.

Shares in Randgold Resources fell on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading, despite the mining firm reporting a rise in quarterly and half year profit today.