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29/08/2011

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Hello, good evening. Four close relatives of Colonel Gaddafi have

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fled Libya and crossed into neighbouring Algeria. The Algerian

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government has confirmed that Gaddafi's wife, a daughter and two

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sons are in the country. Tonight, the White House said it has seen no

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evidence that the Libyan leader himself has fled. Our Middle East

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editor, Jeremy bone, is in Tripoli tonight.

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Thanks very much, Jane. In the last six months or so, I'd say every

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Libyan I've asked on the subject from opponents of the old regime to

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senior members of it, to Colonel Gaddafi himself have all said the

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same thing that the Colonel would rather die in Libya than go into

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exile. There were reports today, not for the first time, that one of

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his sons Khamis, has been killed in an air raid. Whatever the Colonel

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thinks about his future and perhaps about dying here, it seems clear

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now that four members of his family do not feel the same way.

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These are the only portraits of Colonel Gaddafi you'll see in

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Tripoli these days, positioned carefully so everyone visiting this

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hotel in the city centre has to step on them. His image used to be

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everywhere. In his last months in power, the

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Colonel relied increasingly on members of his family. His daughter

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Ayesha made a fierce speech saying he would never step down, after the

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NATO bombing started in the spring. Her departure to Algeria and her

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mother and two brothers, Muhammad and Hannibal, has infuriated the

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National Transitional Council. It condemned Algeria for allowing them

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in, demanding they should be tried -- as criminals. Saif Al-Islam has

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disappeared from public view. Like his father he's wanted by the

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international crim court. Another son has been trying to broker a

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deal on a transitional government since his father's fall, according

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to information received by the BBC. Anti-Gaddafi fighterers pushing

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closer to Sirte, the Colonel's birthplace. It is a vital operation

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for the new powers in this land, but the big prize they want most of

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all is the Colonel himself. Well, Tripoli itself seems pretty

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calm tonight. Some celebratory gunfire, a lot of traffic moving on

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the road. Details have started emerging of a political plan, the

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UN has been putting together, about having a beefed up special mission

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here to help with the transition to democracy. Part of that would

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perhaps include an armed military - - unarmed military observers who

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the UN hopes would reassure former Gaddafi soldiers about their future,

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for those concerned about reprisals. That's all about the new Libya.

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While Colonel Gaddafi himself remains at large, the old Libya,

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his old Libya, will not be properly consigned to history.

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Jeremy, thank you. The Lockerbie bomber, Abdel Basset

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Ali al-Megrahi, has been found, living in a Villa in Tripoli,

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suffering from serm nal cancer. He's drifting in and out of

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consciousness. He was released from prison on compassionate grounds.

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Downing Street said it was for the Scottish Government.

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This is the luxury three storey mansion in a wealthy Tripoli suburb

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where the man convicted of killing 270 people lives. Last week, the

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Lockerbie bomber's family said he'd left the city. It's now clear he

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hasn't. These pictures, filmed at the house last night, appear to

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show Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi close to death, an oxygen mask on

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his face. His son querying demands that he returns to priz anyone

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Britain. -- Priz anyone Britain. he's sent to Scotland, he will die

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there. I'm pretty sure that Al- Megrahi who are looking after him

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are in the house this morning. Let's see if anyone answers the

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door. A few minutes later, Abdul Nasser Al-Megrahi emerged. He told

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me his brother is in a comb ya, only regaining consciousness for a

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few minutes at a time. He asked for compassion. The man is struggling

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between life and death, he told me. "What is the point in sending him

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back to prison? Out of mercy he should be allowed to die amongst

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his family, next to his mother and father, instead of dying overseas."

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Al-Megrahi was found guilty of blowing up Pan-Am flight 103 in

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1988. He was sentenced to 27 years in prison, but was released after

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eight, because he had cancer and it was thought he had three months to

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live. He returned to Libya to a hero's

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well -- welcome. That was two years ago. Scottish ministers have always

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dismissed the vehement criticism of their decision. I think we can

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finally lay to rest the ridiculous conspiracy theory ventilated by too

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many people too often that somehow Mr Al-Megrahi was not dying of

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terminal prostate cancer. You wouldn't have to be a medical

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expert to realise that this man is dying, is terminally ill, as we

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always said. If Al-Megrahi is indeed on the edge of death, his

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knowledge of who ordered the Lockerbie bombing is about to die

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with him. In other news, there is still

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severe flooding in parts of the north-eastern United States, after

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the reelgs was -- region was hit by tropical storm Irene. Irene has now

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claimed the lives of 35 people and more than seven million homes and

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businesses are without power. Irene's alarming aftermath, firemen

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in New Jersey battle with the rising water level, trying to hose

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down the blaze. Elsewhere, stranded teenagers clung onto their

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overturned boat, waiting to be rescued. We didn't realise the

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current was as strong as it was. As we were coming up, we realised wow,

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it's getting really strong. Irene moved to Vermont, the

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flooding in this state was the worst in 80 years. This bridge is

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barely standing. And this one was swept away. Oh, my God.

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O in upstate New York, rescuers tried to reach those cut off by the

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floods. The town's basically destroyed, I mean maximum damage.

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People are displaced. Everybody's staying at friends house. People

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are staying with us because their house is gone. Ain Massachusetts a

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floating container ripped through the trees. The authorities were

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expecting coastal flooding, yet the worst was inland where swollen

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rivers burst their banks. Millions are without power. On the sixth

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anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the President is watching this one

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closely. We're going to make sure folks have all the support they

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need as they begin to assess and repair the damage left by the storm.

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New York was spared this devastation, but from North

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Carolina to Vermont, the East Coast is counting the cost of Irene's

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destruction. Here, police have released CCTV

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pictures of a serial sex offender they want to trace in connection

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with the murder of a 77-year-old woman in Hexham in Northumberland.

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Graeme Jarman, who is 47, went missing from his home in Consett in

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County Durham shortly before Judith Richardson was found dead. Officers

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say Jarman is a risk to the public. Every police force in the country

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is now involved in the search for him.

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Athletics' world governing body the IAAF has told the BBC it may have

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to reconsider the new false start rules following Usain Bolt's

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disqualification. Bolt's false start may be the most high profile,

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but a spate of them has blighted this year's championships.

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He normally craves the attention of the world, but today, Usain Bolt

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was uncharacteristically camera shy. And here's why. The false start

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which not only denied Bolt the chance to retain his world 100

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metres crown, but sparked a global controversy about the rules.

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One of his biggest rivals says they should be looked at again, before

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London 2012. It's just a travesty you know. The

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guy worked so hard to get to this moment and then false starts. At

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the end of the day, you are supposed to wait for the gun, but

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anything can happen, a click or a flash, someone flinchs. It should

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be considered to be changed. It's not just Bolt. Even before his

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disqualification, two British medal hopes, defending world 400 metres

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champion, Christine Ohuruogu and another 100 metres runners, Dwain

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Chambers, were red carded for jumping the gun.

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The men who run the sport only introduced the regulation last year.

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So is it time to think again? would be a mistake to quickly

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reverse ourselves because of one very, very high profile false start.

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I'm not saying we shouldn't consider it, but I would caution

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against hasty reaction. Despite growing pressure to change its

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rules, the IAAF says it won't rush any decision. For the governing

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body know it's cannot afford a repeat of what happens here last

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night at next year's London Olympics.

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There was more controversy tonight. Cuban Dayron Robles stripped of

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gold after holding back Liu Xiang in the final of the 110 metres

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hurdles. That brought an unexpected bronze for Britain's Andy Turner.

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But these championships are in danger of being remembered, not for

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