A court in Tunisia has ruled that al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi, the last prime minister of Libya under Colonel Gaddafi, should be
extradited
to Libya. The new authorities there want to put Mr al-Mahmoudi on trial. His lawyer called the ruling political. He says Mr al-Mahmoudi will be in danger because of what he called the chaos in Libya.
In previously unpublished remarks, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a liar. In a conversation with President Obama last week, President Sarkozy said about Mr Netanyahu "I can't look at him any more; he's a liar." President Obama replied "You may
be sick of
him, but I have to deal with him every day." More from Wyre Davies in Jerusalem.
There's been no formal response from the Israeli prime minister's office to what was, after all, a private conversation between presidents Obama and Sarkozy. It's widely believed among Israelis that Benjamin Netanyahu is not particularly liked on a personal level overseas. But while President Obama might not enjoy having to deal with Mr Netanyahu
on a daily basis
and President Sarkozy might think him a liar, both the United States and France continue to be strong supporters of Israel.
Five thousand cholera victims in Haiti are seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation from the United Nations. Several studies have blamed the outbreak last year on UN peacekeepers from Nepal. The human rights group that's brought the demand says the UN mission in Haiti failed to screen peacekeepers for cholera and allowed untreated waste from a UN base to be