Libya's new rulers accused Algeria of aggression Monday for admitting the fleeing wife of Moammar Gadhafi and three of his children, but the whereabouts of the former strongman himself remain a mystery a week after his overthrow.
President Bashar al-Assad's forces killed eight people across Syria overnight, activists said Friday, in a renewed campaign to crush protesters cheered by the downfall of Moammar Gadfafi in Libya.
Libya's new masters have offered a million-dollar bounty for the fugitive Moammar Gadhafi, after he urged his men to fight on in battles across parts of the capital.
Rebels fought gun battles in Tripoli with loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi Wednesday as they hunted for his relatives and supporters, Reuters witnesses and an Arab television station said.
A beleaguered Muammar Gaddafi vowed on Wednesday to fight on to death or victory after jubilant rebels forced him to abandon his Tripoli stronghold in an apparently decisive blow against the Libyan leader's 42-year rule.
Libyan rebels battled on Tuesday around Muammar Gaddafi's headquarters, where a son of the veteran leader had emerged overnight to confound reports of his capture and to rally cheering loyalists for a rearguard fightback.
A son of Muammar Gaddafi, previously reported captured, made a surprise appearance with jubilant supporters in Tripoli overnight, urging loyalists to fight off rebels who say they control most of the Libyan capital.
Remnants of forces still loyal to Muammar Gaddafi staged a desperate stand in Tripoli on Tuesday as rebels fought their way into the capital, but the whereabouts of the veteran leader was a mystery.
Libyans around the world, in places such as Greece, Turkey and Sudan, celebrated the arrival of rebels in Tripoli over the weekend.
The rebels in Libya took Tripoli over the weekend, and along with the capital they also apprehended two of Gaddafi's sons.
Muammar Gaddafi, who for decades enjoyed strutting before the public in his finery, has disappeared from the stage as rebels take over his former stronghold Tripoli.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad pressed on with a tank onslaught against a city on Monday, but was plunged deeper into international isolation by Arab neighbours who denounced his violent crackdown and recalled their envoys from Damascus.
Hours after the Arab League condemned the Syrian regime's violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, Saudi Arabia said it was recalling its ambassador to Damascus and denounced the Syrian ?death machine? in harsh language.
Peres, who has now real power in Israeli government but nonetheless is widely regarded as the country?s number one political voice, made his comments during an unprecedented news chat with about 30 Arab media members.
According to Iran's state-run news agency IRNA, five monkeys are currently undergoing tests, and one will be selected for the flight on board a Kavoshgar-5 rocket, as part of the space program, potentially alarming Israel and its Western allies concerned over the progress of Iran's missile arsenal and nuclear arms.
The Pakistani Taliban has threatened to carry out ten new terror attacks in the U.S. and Europe in revenge for the murder of Osama bin Laden by American commandos last month.
