Gaddafi couple to sue Geneva authorities...

Libya is turning the pressure up on Switzerland again, in the wake of last summer's arrest of one of the sons of its leader, Moammar Gaddafi.

"Hannibal" Gaddafi and his wife, along with the Libyan state, filed a civil lawsuit against the Geneva authorities in a Geneva court on Wednesday.

They are claiming damages for the "disproportionate" way in which they were treated by the Geneva police who detained them in their hotel in July, after receiving complaints that they had seriously mistreated two of their servants. More...

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