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Libyan court rules Gadhafi's son eligible to run for president

The court's decision comes a week after Libya's electoral commission disqualified Saif Al-Islam Gadhafi and 24 other candidates for president.

Saif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, appears in front of supporters and journalists at his father's residential complex in the Libyan capital Tripoli in the early hours of Aug. 23, 2011.
Saif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Kadhafi, appears in front of supporters and journalists at his father's residential complex in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, in the early hours of Aug. 23, 2011. — IMED LAMLOUM/AFP via Getty Images

A court in Libya ruled Thursday that the son of late dictator Moammar Gadhafi is eligible to run for president in the war-torn country’s upcoming election.  

On Thursday, the Sabha Court of Appeal reinstated Saif Al-Islam Gadhafi as a candidate, a member of Gadhafi's legal team told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.  

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