Main news of September 8

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours.

World

 

* Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will face trial on charges of crimes against humanity if he is captured alive, the head of the country's National Transitional Council (NTC) said

 

* Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko expects a guilty verdict by the end of next week in her trial on abuse of office charges, she said

 

Russia

 

* One of the two survivors of the plane crash that wiped out virtually the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice-hockey team walked away from the wreckage on his own despite serious injuries, a police eyewitness said

 

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that restrictions on human rights were unacceptable and that stifling criticism could lead to a rise in the powers of far-right groups

 

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appealed for ethnic tolerance, saying the nation benefits from its diversity