BREAKING NEWS

Canada freezes C$2.3 billion in Gaddafi assets

OTTAWA - Canada has frozen C$2.3 billion

($2.4 billion) worth of assets belonging to Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi, a government official told Reuters on
Tuesday.

The official did not give details.

Ottawa announced a clampdown on doing business with Libyan

institutions on Sunday and later said it had blocked
unspecified financial dealings the Libyan government had
planned to carry out in Canada.

The United States, Austria and Britain have also frozen

Gaddafi assets over the last few days.