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Libya's Mahmoud Jibril 'wanted Muammar Gaddafi alive'.  Libya's acting Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril has told the BBC he wished ex-leader Muammar Gaddafi was alive. "I want to know why he did this to the Libyan people," he told the BBC's Hardtalk programme. "I wish I were his prosecutor in his trial." Mr Jibril added that he would welcome a full investigation into the colonel's death - as the UN has urged. The statement comes as Libya's new leaders prepare to declare the country's liberation later on Sunday. They have come under pressure to give a full account of Col Gaddafi's death in his hometown of Sirte on Thursday. The US said this should be done in an "open and transparent manner". UN human rights Commissioner Navi Pillay called for a full investigation, as have major human rights groups. Video footage showed Col Gaddafi being captured alive - and then dead. Officials say he was killed in crossfire.

The seventh meeting of Pakistan-Iran security committee was held in Tehran.  The two sides discussed ways for expansion of cooperation in fighting human trafficking and extradition of criminals. Matters related to security and police affairs‚ combating terrorism and organised crimes‚ managing the joint border and illegal migration also figured during the meeting.

The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Central Asian countries to play their role in securing and rebuilding of Afghanistan.  Speaking in Tajikistan‚ she said that Afghanistan's reintegration into the regional economy would be critical to its recovery from a long war as well as for better conditions in the neighbouring countries.

Prime Minister David Cameron is set to join other European leaders to decide measures to prevent Europe's financial crisis from spiralling out of control.  Ahead of the meeting in Brussels, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she believed the leaders will devise a plan by Wednesday to protect the euro. A deal on how to recapitalise banks was reached by ministers on Saturday. UK chancellor George Osborne said Britain would keep up the pressure to resolve the crisis. All 27 EU leaders are meeting on Sunday morning, and then in the afternoon the countries that use the euro will hold a special summit of their own. This will then be followed by another meeting on Wednesday.

In New York hundreds of people including activists of "Occupy Wall Street" movement have marched through the city to protest against police abuses.  The demonstration through Manhattan marked the nation-wide Annual Day of protest to stop police brutalities. Meanwhile‚ protests are continuing in different parts of the world against capitalist system and the economic disparity. Source: