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Top Gadhafi aide to face trial in Egypt

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A cousin and onetime top aid of former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi will face trial in Egypt on charges of attempted murder.

Prosecutor Hamdi Mansour ordered Sunday that Ahmed Qaddaf al-Dam be tried for attempted murder, resisting arrest and possession of firearms without a license. The charges stem from a skirmish with police during his arrest last month in Cairo.

Al-Dam had long been the point man on relations between Libya and Egypt under Gadhafi. He challenged a Libyan request to extradite him, though two other Libyan officials arrested along with him have already been sent back.

An Egyptian court ruled in his favor on grounds he fears he won’t be guaranteed his full rights in Libya.

Libya has asked Egypt to hand over around 100 other former regime officials.

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Egypt court stops extradition of top Gadhafi aide

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Egypt‘s state news agency says an Egyptian court has ruled against the extradition to Libya of a former close aide of ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

Ahmed Qaddaf al-Dam, a relative of Gadhafi who for decades coordinated relations between the Libyan and Egyptian regimes, had contested a Libyan request to extradite him following his arrest last month in his Cairo home.

Two other Libyan officials arrested alongside him have already been sent back to Libya.

Libyan authorities sought the men for alleged corruption and roles in Libya‘s eight-month civil war that ended with Gadhafi’s death in 2011. Libya has already asked Egypt to handover around 100 other former regime officials.

The news agency said Egypt‘s Administrative Court suspended Wednesday the extradition procedures, saying al-Dam should be tried in Egypt.

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Egypt extradites 2 Gadhafi-era officials to Libya

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A Cairo airport official says authorities have extradited two Libyan officials from the regime of deposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi back to their home country.

It is the first time in years that Egypt has conducted such a high-profile extradition.

The official says the two, 71-year-old former ambassador to Cairo Ali Maria and another ex-official, 44-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim Gadhafi, were handcuffed after resisting the transfer.

The two were arrested a week ago along with a top Gadhafi aide and cousin Ahmed Qaddaf al-Dam.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

Since Gadhafi was ousted and killed in 2011, Libya has demanded that Egypt handover dozens of officials from the former regime.

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Egypt: Libya demands handover of ex-regime members

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An Egyptian security official says a Libyan intelligence delegation has arrived in Egypt to negotiate the handover of wanted members of the former dictator Moammar Gadhafi‘s regime.

The official says the delegation that arrived on Thursday brought a new list of 88 names.

The visit comes two days after Egyptian authorities arrested Ahmed Qaddaf al-Dam, a former top aide to Gadhafi, at his home in Cairo. He was arrested along with two others wanted for their roles during the eight-month civil war in Libya that ended with ouster and killing of Gadhafi.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to disclose the information to the media.

Last year, Libya asked Egypt to hand over nearly 40 former members of the Gadhafi regime.

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