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| Ex-Libya PM al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi 'held in Tunisia' | Ex-Libya PM al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi 'held in Tunisia' |
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| Libya's former prime minister, Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, has been arrested in Tunisia, reports say. | Libya's former prime minister, Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, has been arrested in Tunisia, reports say. |
| A Tunisian official confirmed to Reuters news agency that Mr Mahmoudi was arrested on Wednesday evening. | A Tunisian official confirmed to Reuters news agency that Mr Mahmoudi was arrested on Wednesday evening. |
| Mr Mahmoudi served as prime minister until Col Muammar Gaddafi was deposed last month. | Mr Mahmoudi served as prime minister until Col Muammar Gaddafi was deposed last month. |
| Col Gaddafi's whereabouts remain unknown as loyalists hold out in a few strongholds surrounded by troops loyal to the new interim leadership. | Col Gaddafi's whereabouts remain unknown as loyalists hold out in a few strongholds surrounded by troops loyal to the new interim leadership. |
| A report on a TV station run by Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) said Mr Mahmoudi had been detained near Tunisia's border with Algeria. | |
| He had been trying to cross the border, but gave himself up without resistance, the report said. | |
| It also claimed that he was carrying fake documents. |