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Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saadi, has denied allegations of corruption and intimidation and has called Interpol's decision to put him on the equivalent of its most-wanted list as political, according to an email sent to the AP news agency. 

Saadi, has taken refuge in the west African nation, where he fled after Tripoli fell to revolutionary forces.

Saadi "regrets the issue of a red notice by Interpol and strenuously denies the charges made against him," an email forwarded to the AP news agency said.

In the email, Saadi called the Interpol notice a "clear political decision to recognize the de jure authority of the National Transitional Council taken without appropriate regard to the current absence of a functioning, effective and fair system of justice in Libya."

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Tens of thousands of Tuaregs pastoralists living in the Nigerien city of Agadez continue to support Muammar al Gaddafi, the deposed Libyan leader.

This northen city bordering Libya is where Saadi, the son of Gaddafi, and several former generals have escaped to.

It is believed that the Tuareg homeland remains a recruiting ground for Gaddafi fighters.

Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from Agadez.

Niger government spokesman Marou Amadou has confirmed that Saadi Gaddafi is now in Niamey, AP reports.

Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi, who arrived in Niger at the weekend, is being held under house arrest at a government residence, the US State Department said.

"Our understanding is, like the others, he's being detained in a state guest house and that it is appropriate that Niger and the TNC work through this together," spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters in Washington, referring to the National Transitional Council, Libya's interim government.

"It's essentially a house arrest in this government facility, is our understanding," she said.