The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, says a group of mercenaries may be trying to help Saif al-Islam Gaddafi escape Libya. Colonel Gaddafi's son is wanted by the ICC on charges of committing crimes against humanity during the early stages of the Libyan uprising. Here's Barbara Plett.
Mr Ocampo called on all states to disrupt a possible plan by Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to escape Libya with the help of mercenaries. The
whereabouts
of Colonel Gaddafi's son are unknown, but it's been reported that he's hiding with desert nomads in Niger. The ICC prosecutor said his office had also received questions from Saif al-Islam through an intermediary about the legal conditions attached to his potential surrender. And he told the Security Council that he would continue investigating evidence of mass rapes by pro-Gaddafi forces as well as allegations of crimes committed by both Nato forces and rebel leaders.
China says that one of its spacecraft has docked with an orbiting module for the first time in what it calls a major step towards setting up a space station. The yingyu.chazidian.com news agency says the unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft coupled with the module about 340km above the surface of the Earth.
The President of Ghana, John Atta Mills, has reacted angrily to comments by the British Prime Minister David Cameron, in which he said aid could be withheld from countries that deny gay rights. Mr Atta Mills said Britain couldn't