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Trial of Gaddafi's son is put back five months

The trial of Colonel Gaddafi's son will be delayed by five months to include any relevant testimony obtained via the interrogation of Libya's former spy chief, who was arrested last week.

Government officials said in August that Saif al Islam's trial on charges of war crimes – the most high-profile prosecution of a figure from his late father's entourage to date – was due to begin in September.

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