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1905 GMT: A man claiming to be Moussa Ibrahim, the spokesman for former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, has denied claims that he was captured this week by forces of the National Transitional Council, outside of Qaddafi's hometown of Sirte.
"This information is a lie and does not reflect reality," the man said in a live telephone interview with Syrian-based Arrai television, an outlet for declarations by Qaddafi and his allies.
On Thursday, NTC field commanders said Ibrahim had been captured as he attempted to flee Sirte in a car. A spokesman for the NTC's Misrata military council said the next day: "We cannot confirm he was arrested."
Meanwhile, the NTC has declared a two-day truce to allow civilians to leave Sirte, as its forces continue to try to take one of Qaddafi's last two strongholds.
And in the Libyan capital Tripoli, the first commercial flight since March --- a jet from Istanbul --- has landed.
Flags representing Turkey and Libya's new leadership flew outside Mitiga International Airport as the plane touched down.
A U.N. Security Council resolution had imposed a no-fly zone in March.
1855 GMT: An EA reader asks if there has been any footage of protests in the Deir Ez Zor area of northeast Syria this weekend --- a couple of answers among many clips, beginning with the Al Arfi neighbourhood:
And claimed footage from Al Quriya today:
1825 GMT: Expect more of this type of political fencing from Yemen, after the killing by drone of Al Qa'eda's Anwar al Awlaki on Friday --- some analysts are saying the death can give the US more room to push for the departure of President Saleh and "transition", now that the most visible face of Al Qa'eda in Yemen is dead; the Yemeni regime is trying to portray the operation as the success of a Saleh-led US-Yemeni alliance that should continue:
The United States showed a lack of respect for democracy and for its counter-terrorism partners by renewing its call for Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down, hours after Anwar al-Awlaki was killed with his government's help, a Yemeni official said Saturday....The strike was made possible by intelligence Yemeni security sources said they gathered from a captured al Qaeda operative...."After this big victory in catching Awlaki, the White House calls on the president to leave power immediately? The Americans don't even respect those who cooperate with them," Deputy Information Minister Abdu al-Janadi told Reuters.
1815 GMT: More funerals in Syria today of people killed by the security forces --- Harasta, outside Damascus, for Hasan Ibrahim Affouf:
