Gaddafi to be handed over if he attempts to enter Algeria: media

ALGIERS. August 31. KAZINFORM Algeria would hand over Muammar Gaddafi to the International Criminal Court if the embattled Libyan leader attempted to enter the North African country, Algerian local media reported Tuesday; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

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Local Arabic-language daily Echorouk quoted well-informed sources as saying that the government made the decision according to the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court for Gaddafi, his son Seif al-Islam Gaddafi and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi.

Algeria would be committed to all international regulations issued regarding the situation in Libya, it said.

The Algerian Foreign Ministry confirmed that Gaddafi's wife and three children entered Algeria Monday morning, the nation's official news agency APS reported. However, it did not mention the whereabouts of Gaddafi himself; Kazinform cites Xinhua.

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