The family of Lebanon’s missing top Shiite Muslim cleric says Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has offered financial compensation over the cleric’s disappearance 26 years ago on a visit to Libya, but the relatives have rejected the money. Gadhafi failed to show up in for a hearing in Beirut on Wednesday, ignoring — to no one’s surprise — a summons for questioning in the August 1978 disappearance of Imam Moussa al-Sadr and two companions. Gadhafi’s absence could make him a wanted man in Lebanon if the government pursues the criminal suit raised by al-Sadr’s family. The legal case and the reported compensation offer are the latest twists in a mystery that has for more than a quarter century angered Lebanon’s 1.2 million-strong Shiite community and has strained ties between the countries. Full Story