Mexico foils ‘plot’ to smuggle in Gaddafi son: Mexican official say they discovered and halted international plan to smuggle Saadi Gaddafi from Niger.

Saadi Gaddafi fled to Niger when the Libyan town of Bani Walid fell, amid rumours that he was willing to surrender [EPA]

(aljazeera.com)Mexico has uncovered and stopped an international plot to smuggle late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi into the country using fake names and false papers, authorities said.

A Canadian woman, a Danish man and two Mexicans were arrested on November 10 and 11 over an elaborate plan to bring Saadi Gaddafi, who is now [...]

Bahrain expands crackdown, detains blogger

via AP:

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain is expanding the crackdown on the opposition, detaining on Wednesday the tiny Gulf country’s most prominent blogger and supporter of Shiite-led pro-reform protests, his family and a social media editor said.

Hundreds of opposition activists and leaders have been detained since martial-type laws were introduced two weeks ago. Bahrain’s Sunni rulers declared emergency rule [...]