The International Criminal Court on Tuesday gave Libya until January 23 to mull the possible handing over of ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi’s son Seif al-Islam.

A three-judge bench granted a Libyan request for an extension but said that the three weeks sought by Tripoli "would cause an undue delay in the proceedings and that only a shorter extension is appropriate".

The U.N. Security Council this week returns to the battle over Syria's deadly crackdown on protests -- but opponents of U.N. action, led by Russia, keep trying to switch the debate to Libya.

Western nations have been infuriated and frustrated by demands by Russia and others for an inquiry into the NATO airstrikes in Libya which they use as a reason to oppose U.N. action in Syria. US ambassador to the U.N., Susan Rice, calls it a "bogus" move, hiding other motives.

A "revolutionary front" of Sudanese rebels seeking to overthrow President Omar al-Bashir asked Libya to arrest the accused war criminal during his visit to Tripoli that began on Saturday.

Bashir arrived in the Libyan capital for his first visit since the country's long-time dictator Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown and killed last year.

Moammar Gadhafi caused great suffering among the Sudanese people, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir said Saturday on his first visit to Libya since Gadhafi was overthrown and killed.

Wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of genocide and war crimes in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, Bashir said that after Libya, Gadhafi inflicted the most damage in Sudan, the official WAL news agency reported.

Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour is expected to travel to Libya on January 12 in order hold talks with various officials on the disappearance of Shiite cleric Imam Moussa al-Sadr.

He told the daily An Nahar in remarks published on Friday: “I will stay there for several days until the case is resolved.”

A total 103 journalists were killed in 2011, with Mexico the most dangerous place to work for the media, Vienna-based press watchdog IPI said Thursday.

This was the second highest toll on record after 2009, when 110 journalists were killed while covering a story.

Armed clashes erupted in the center of the Libyan capital Tripoli on Tuesday, killing two, as gunmen traded anti-aircraft and heavy machinegun fire, witnesses said.

Meanwhile, Al-Arabiya television reported that six people were killed in the fighting.

Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour is making arrangements to visit Libya to follow-up the latest efforts made to unveil the fate of revered Lebanese Shiite spiritual leader Moussa al-Sadr, As Safir daily reported on Saturday.

The newspaper said that officials at the foreign ministry are making the necessary contacts with the Libyan authorities to arrange the visit of Mansour at the head of a huge delegation.

Al-Qaida has sent militants to Libya in a bid to recruit a fighting force after the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's regime, but the group has yet to gain a strong foothold there, U.S. officials said Friday.

The assessment of al-Qaida's efforts in Libya came in response to a report by CNN television that experienced militants from the network -- including a former British terror suspect -- had been dispatched to the country and had managed to mobilize fighters.

Libya on Thursday said it will review its contracts with Italy's ENI and insisted the oil major participate in reconstructing cities destroyed by Moammar Gadhafi's forces in the conflict.

The decision to review the contracts was communicated to the Italian firm's Chief Executive Officer Paolo Scaroni on Wednesday by Prime Minister Abdel Rahim al-Kib during a meeting, the statement from Kib's office said.