Libya's interim PM unveils new government line-up

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LONDON. November 23. KAZINFORM Libya's interim PM has named a new transitional cabinet, the first step to forming an elected government; Kazinform refers to BBC.

The new government is tasked with drafting a constitution and holding democratic elections by next June.

Correspondents say the line-up is aimed at soothing the rivalries between regional factions.

Meanwhile, the International Criminal Court has accepted that Col Gaddafi's captured son Saif al-Islam will be tried in Libya, not The Hague.

ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said the court had issued an arrest warrant for Saif al-Islam on war crimes charges because Libya's justice system was not up to it.

He said this was no longer the case, but that the ICC would help in any trial.

Rebel commanders

Libya's interim Prime Minister, Abdurrahim al-Keib, was elected by the National Transitional Council (NTC) last month.

The NTC is a coalition of rival factions that came together to oust Col Gaddafi, who was killed in his birthplace, Sirte, on 20 October.

Mr Keib gave the post of defence minister to Osama al-Juwali, the local military commander of the western town of Zintan.

On Saturday, his fighters captured Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam.

The interior ministry went to Fawzi Abdelal, one of the Misrata rebel leaders, whose fighters captured Muammar Gaddafi in October.

Other key appointments include Abdurrahim Bin Yazza - a former executive with the Italian oil giant ENI - as head of the oil and gas ministry and Ashour Bin Khayal, as interim foreign minister; Kazinform cites BBC.

To learn more go to www.bbc.co.uk

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