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Colonel Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam has been captured, Libyan officials say.

He was taken by fighters near the southern town of Obari and flown to the city of Zintan in the north. Saif al-Islam told a journalist he was well.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced his resignation Tuesday evening. He plans to stay in office until the Italian parliament has adopted the austerity measures demanded by the European Union, a process that could take several weeks. Berlusconi told the newspaper La Stampa that he did not intend to stand in the next general election, planned for February.

As the EU presses for a new government in Greece to prepare further austerity measures, it is becoming clear that the government crisis and the attacks on the working class in Greece were the prelude to a new round of social cuts throughout Europe.

This year's Miss World crown went to Ivian Sarcos, a 21-year-old human resources graduate from Venezuela. She received the honor at Sunday's competition at Earls Court in London, the city where the first Miss World was held in 1951.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that he won't recognize Libya's new government and predicted more war in the country.

The Venezuelan leader condemned the killing of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, whom he had considered a friend. He defended Gadhafi throughout the conflict and strongly criticized NATO's military involvement in the country.

Colonel Gaddafi's resistance ended today as he was killed during the taking of Sirte.

An official said the ousted Libya dictator had been shot in the legs during his capture, but he had also been hit in the head during the firefight.

Commanders for Libya's transitional authorities say they have captured former Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.

The news came after transitional forces claimed control of Sirte, Col Gaddafi's birthplace. There was no independent confirmation of his capture.

The Wall Street occupation has given expression to the American population’s deeply-felt opposition to social inequality and corporate control of politics.

Two police cars, a bus and ­several shops were attacked and set ablaze in north London on Saturday night as violence and looting erupted following a protest demanding "justice" over a fatal police shooting.

Officers on horseback and others in riot gear clashed with hundreds of ­rioters armed with makeshift missiles in the centre of Tottenham after Mark Duggan, 29, a father of four, was killed on Thursday. The police shot him and had lied about what happened. The police had said the victim pulled a gun but people say he wouldn't have done that with armed police. “They shot him so badly that his mother could not recognize him," said a protestor.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed debt ceiling plan which is in reality a prelude to a long-term tough fiscal consolidation task facing the world's largest capitalist economy say economists.

The deal calls for slashing the country's deficit by over 2 trillion U.S. dollars over the next decade. A new congressional bipartisan committee would be implemented to explore new ways for deficit reduction and raising the U.S. borrowing limit through 2013.