Libya protests 02-21-11

By The Associated Press

Mon, 02/21/2011 - 11:13am

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Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time.
Libyan protesters beat a poster of Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi with their shoes as an insult, during a protest in front of the Libyan embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Monday Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi, claiming control of the country's second largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
























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