WORLD NEWS BRIEFS

LIBYA / Rebels: Spies among us

Libyan rebel leaders said Sunday their forces hunted down and clashed with supporters of Moammar Gadhafi who had been posing as rebel fighters to infiltrate the opposition's eastern stronghold. The overnight battle killed four from each side. Libya's shaken rebels are trying to rid their ranks of enemies after the assassination last week of their military chief, Abdel-Fattah Younis. As officials pieced together events leading up to Sunday's battle, they announced that a faction of fighters called al-Nidaa was actually made up of Gadhafi loyalists posing as rebels. Intelligence officials said the al-Nidaa was behind two prison breaks Friday in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.

EL SALVADOR / 30 hostages at church freed

Police in El Salvador say a farmer and his son held 30 people hostage for several hours at an evangelical church north of the Central American country's capital. National Civil Police Director Carlos Ascencio says Jose Miranda, 50, and his 17-year-old son stormed into the Temple of God church early Sunday with M16 rifles. The parishioners in Guzapa were holding a traditional vigil at the church. Agents persuaded Miranda to free the last hostages around dawn. His motives remain unclear. But as he was being led away by police, Miranda told reporters he had been motivated by injustices and said one of his daughters had recently been jailed.

NORWAY / Doc: Insanity plea unlikely

The head of the panel that will review the psychiatric evaluation of the self-proclaimed gunman in Norway's July 22 massacre has told the AP that it's unlikely the suspect will be declared legally insane. Dr. Tarjei Rygnestad told the AP that Anders Behring Breivik appears to have been in control of his actions. In Norway, an insanity defense requires that a defendant was in a state of psychosis during the crime. The board must review and approve the psychiatric evaluation before a judge rules whether Breivik can be held criminally liable.