A car bomb hit the France embassy in Libya, wounding two French guards and causing extensive damage in the first attack on a foreign mission since militants stormed the US consulate in Benghazi in September. The Libyan foreign minister called the attack in Tripoli a "terrorist" incident. An AFP correspondent at the site said the wall surrounding the property was destroyed and the embassy building extensively damaged. Two cars parked near the embassy were also destroyed. The explosion occurred around 7:00 am (0500 GMT), residents said.

Egypt will try a cousin and top aide of slain Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on charges of attempted murder, although Libyan authorities are pressing for his extradition, Egyptian state media reported on Sunday. Ahmed Qaddaf al-Dam, arrested in Cairo in March after a gunfight with police in his apartment, has been detained in Egypt since, despite Libyan demands for his extradition so he could be put on trial on forgery charges.

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's former intelligence chief, jailed in Libya for eight months, has not seen a lawyer or been told what charges he faces, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday, underscoring concerns about weak rule of law under transitional rule.

A Libyan man held in Guantanamo Bay has used Skype to contact his family with the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Benghazi, the prisoner's brother told AFP. His family was able to see and speak to Awad al-Barassi, currently held in the US detention centre, from the ICRC's Benghazi offices in eastern Libya on Monday. Abdessalam, the older brother of the detainee, said he hoped "the Libyan authorities would be able to bring the prisoners home to finish their sentences."