World news: Missing photographer 'was killed by Gaddafi's forces'

A UK-BASED photographer who has been missing in Libya for more than a month was shot by Libyan forces, his family claimed today.

Anton Hammerl, 41, was gunned down in the Libyan desert by forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, according to his relatives, who believe he has since died.

A statement by his family said: "On April 5, Anton was shot by Gaddafi's forces in an extremely remote location.

"According to eyewitnesses, his injuries were such that he could not have survived without medical attention.

"Words are simply not enough to describe the unbelievable trauma the Hammerl family is going through."

Mr Hammerl, who lived in Surrey, had been in Libya for a week.

He was working with American journalists James Foley and Clare Morgana Gillis when he was shot.

The reporters, who confirmed his shooting, were seized by Libyan officials along with British journalist Nigel Chandler and Spanish photographer Manuel Varela.

The group were held for six weeks before being released on Wednesday after a judge gave them a one-year suspended sentence for entering the country illegally.

Strauss-Kahn bailed for $1m

A JUDGE has agreed to free former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn from jail on $1 million bail on the condition he be confined to a New York apartment under armed guard while he awaits trial on attempted rape charges, despite the objections of US prosecutors.

Crimes call in election crisis

IVORY Coast's president formally requested that the International Criminal Court investigate crimes committed during the country's post-election crisis.

President Alassane Ouattara, who will be inaugurated tomorrow, has repeatedly called for international investigations.

Bomb hits US consulate car

A ROADSIDE bomb went off near two US consulate vehicles in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.

A passer-by was killed and some Americans were slightly wounded, an official said.

US Embassy spokesman Alberto Rodriguez said the two vehicles were travelling on University Road this morning when the attack occurred. One of the vehicles was damaged.

Senior police official Shafi Ullah said the dead passer-by was a Pakistani. No groups claimed responsibility.

Paralysed man makes a stand

AN American man who was paralysed from the chest down after being hit by a car is now able to stand with electrical stimulation of his spinal cord.

Rob Summers, from Oregon, can voluntarily move his toes, hips, knees and ankles and also walk on a treadmill while being supported.

First World War veteran laid to rest

Australia: The last known combat veteran of the First World War has been laid to rest at a funeral in the city of Fremantle.

Claude Stanley Choules died two weeks ago at the age of 110. His loved ones remembered him as a remarkable man.

Brazil: A Brazilian federal judge has convicted an air traffic controller of endangering air safety in connection with a 2006 mid-air collision that killed 154 people.