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Gadhafi buried in unmarked grave at dawn

Karin Laub, Rami Al-Shaheibi The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 10:18am

MISRATA, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi was buried at dawn Tuesday in an unmarked grave in a modest Islamic ceremony, closing the book on his nearly 42-year rule of Libya and the eight-month civil war to oust him.

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(BELA SZANDELSZKY/The Associated Press) Libyan revolutionary fighters look out from their trench during an attack against pro-Gadhafi forces in Sirte, Libya, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. Rebel forces have besieged Sirte since mid September, but have not managed to penetrate the heart of the city because of fierce resistance from loyalists inside the home town of Libya’s ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi.

Libyans claim gains in Gadhafi hometown offensive

Christopher Gillette, Kim Gamel The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, October 8, 2011 - 5:15pm

SIRTE, Libya — Libyan revolutionary forces claimed to have captured parts of a sprawling convention center that loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi have used as their main base in the ousted leader’s hometown and were shelling the city to try to rout snipers from rooftops in their offensive aimed at crushing this key bastion of the old regime.

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Libyan revolutionary fighters load their machine gun during an attack against pro-Gadhafi forces in Sirte, Libya, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. Rebel forces have besieged Sirte since September 15 but have not managed to penetrate the heart of the city because of fierce resistance from loyalists inside the home town of Libya's ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

Intense fighting in Gadhafi's hometown

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 7, 2011 - 9:12am

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Intense fighting on the western front of Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte has killed eight revolutionary fighters in what Libya's transitional government hopes will be the final push into the holdout city.

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(RAMI RAKI/The Associated Press) With new Libyan flags in the background, Libyan minister of oil and finance, Ali al-Tarhouni, center talks to supporters after his arrival in the desert city of Sabha, Libya Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Libya’s transitional government has delivered 20 million dinars ($16 million) to this remote southern city beset by fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, hoping to bolster support for revolutionary forces. The 20 boxes of 20-dinar notes, each weighing 116 pounds (78 kilograms), were delivered to the Sabha central bank.

Libya’s new rulers believe Gadhafi hiding in south

Kim Gamel The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 9:36am

TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya’s new rulers believe Moammar Gadhafi may be hiding in the southern desert, possibly in a vast area near the Algerian border, under the protection of ethnic Tuareg fighters, an official said Wednesday.

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Libyan city proud of its role in revolt

Patrick J. McDonnell Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, September 26, 2011 - 9:47am

MISRATA, Libya -- Its principal commercial drag, Tripoli Street, could be the Hollywood set for an urban warfare action thriller: Charred tanks and pulverized shipping containers sit in front of blackened buildings pockmarked with rounds from bullets, rockets and sundry other lethal ordnance.

But the hellish scene in the western port city of Misrata has nothing to do with fiction. More than a thousand people were killed here and many more injured in a months-long series of street battles that ousted the forces of Moammar Gadhafi from the city and eventually, its environs. No one has cataloged the vast scope of damage to homes and factories, businesses and infrastructure.

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(ABDEL MAGID AL-FERGANY/The Associated Press) People hold bone fragments at the site which is thought to be a possible mass grave near to Abu Salim prison in Tripoli, Libya, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, where some 1,270 inmates are thought to have been killed by the regime of Moammar Gadhafi in a 1996 prison massacre. Various bones have been found scattered over the cactus-covered desert field near to the prison, after information was given by a captured former security guard who revealed its location, according to an announcement on Sunday by Dr. Ibrahim Abu Sahima of the government committee overseeing the search for victims of the former regime. Officials with the Libyan Transitional Council are expected to ask for international assistance in identifying the remains.

Libyans find grave said to hold remains of 1,200

Kim Gamel The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, September 26, 2011 - 9:17am

TRIPOLI, Libya — A bone wrapped with rope and skull fragments scattered over a cactus-covered desert field are grim testament to a 1996 massacre of more than 1,200 prisoners by Moammar Gadhafi’s regime.

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(ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI/The Associated Press) Former rebel fighters wave a pre-Gadhafi flag at the northern gate of Bani Walid, as smokes raise from the town, Libya, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. Libyan fighters are streaming into Bani Walid, one of the remaining bastions of ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi, in a new fierce push. The revolutionary forces, in dozens of pickup trucks mounted with heavy weapons, are making their way from the north into the town center.

Frustration, zeal mix in siege of Gadhafi bastion

Hadeel Al-Shalchi The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, September 18, 2011 - 5:30pm

WADI DINAR, Libya — The rockets and mortars rained down on the position where the revolutionaries had retreated on the outskirts of the mountainous stronghold of Moammar Gadhafi’s loyalists. So, in a fury, the fighters charged wild and unorganized Sunday back into the city for yet another day of fighting.

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Former rebel fighters arrive from inside Bani Walid with a pickup truck allegedly captured from Gadhafi loyalists, at the northern gate of the city, Libya, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. Libyan fighters are streaming into Bani Walid, one of the remaining bastions of ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi, in a new fierce push. The revolutionary forces, in dozens of pickup trucks mounted with heavy weapons, are making their way from the north into the town center. Slogans on vehicle allegedly written by the revolutionary fighters read in Arabic 'revolutionaries, freedom, Libya'. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Fresh fighting near Libyan town of Bani Walid

Hadeel Al-Shalchi The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, September 19, 2011 - 10:48am

BANI WALID, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi's fighters fired several mortars and tried to ambush revolutionary forces Sunday at the northern gate of the loyalist stronghold of Bani Walid. With their numbers stretched thin, the former rebels sent reinforcements, some who arrived with a tank that had been seized from the ousted regime.

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Libyan fighters fire a heavy weapon against Gadhafi loyalists in Bani Walid, Libya, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Libyan fighters are streaming into Bani Walid, one of the remaining bastions of ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi, in a new fierce push. The revolutionary forces, in dozens of pickup trucks mounted with heavy weapons, are making their way from the north into the town center. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Libyan fighters press attacks on Gadhafi hometown

Hadeel Al-Shalchi, Ryan Lucas The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 16, 2011 - 9:24am

SIRTE, Libya — Libyan revolutionary forces escalated offensives Friday into two key strongholds of Moammar Gadhafi’s rule, but met stiff resistance from snipers and loyalist gunners in Gadhafi’s hometown and a mountain enclave where a pro-regime radio station urged followers to fight to the end.

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British Prime Minister David Cameron, center, is greeted by Libyans outside the Tripoli Medical Center in Tripoli, Libya Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Tripoli on Thursday _ the first heads of government to visit Libya since revolutionary forces seized the capital, a major endorsement for the North African nation's new rulers. (AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau, Pool)

British PM urges Gadhafi, followers to 'give up'

Ryan Lucas The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 10:10am

TRIPOLI, Libya -- British Prime Minister David Cameron has sent a strong message to Moammar Gadhafi and his followers still waging war in Libya to "give up" the fight, warning that NATO's mission will continue "as long as it is necessary" to protect Libyans.

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Libya volunteers set up the red carpet for the arrival of Libyan Transitional National Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil at Metiga airport in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Chief of Libya's ex-rebels arrives in capital

Ben Hubbard, Hadeel Al-Shalchi The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 6:16pm

TRIPOLI, Libya — The chief of Libya’s former rebels arrived in Tripoli on Saturday, greeted by a boisterous red carpet ceremony meant to show he’s taking charge of the interim government replacing the ousted regime of Moammar Gadhafi.

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Libyans chant slogans to celebrate in Libya during a gathering against ousted Moammar Gadhafi on the Green Square renamed Martyrs Square in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. Libyan fighters launch a two-pronged assault on one of the last towns to resist the country's new rulers, clashing with Moammar Gadhafi's supporters inside Bani Walid as a week-long standoff dissolves into street-to-street battles, the former rebels say. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Libya fighters battling in pro-Gadhafi town

Hadeel Al-Shalchi The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 9, 2011 - 2:48pm

WISHTATA, Libya -- Libyan fighters clashed Friday with Moammar Gadhafi's supporters inside Bani Walid, one of the last towns holding out against the country's new rulers, the former rebels said.

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Rebel fighters take control of a military vehicle, centre, positioned to defend what used to be Gadhafi's 32nd infantry regiment's base at Mardun, some 10 kilometers from the outskirts of Ban Walid, Libya, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Gaia Anderson)

Libyan fighters say Gadhafi surrounded

Ben Hubbard The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - 9:36am

TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan fighters have surrounded ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi, and it is only a matter of time until he is captured or killed, a spokesman for Tripoli's new military council said Wednesday.

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Graffiti depicting Libya's ousted Moammar Gadhafi with "I Am Here" written in Arabic are seen on a wall at a checkpoint inTripoli, Libya, Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. Negotiations over the surrender of one of Moammar Gadhafi's remaining strongholds have collapsed, and Libyan rebels were waiting for orders to launch their final attack on the besieged town of Bani Walid, a spokesman said. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Elders hold talks over Gadhafi stronghold

Hadeel Al-Shalchi The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 12:13pm

TARHOUNA, Libya — Tribal elders from one of Moammar Gadhafi's last strongholds were trying to persuade regime loyalists holed up there to lay down their arms, the elders said during Tuesday talks with rebel negotiators, hours after a large convoy of heavily armed Gadhafi soldiers crossed the desert into neighboring Niger.

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Freedom fighters climb on a tank for a lookout at a defensive outpost, some 30 kilometers outside Misrata, Libya, Thursday, Sep. 01, 2011. A ring of outposts along the outer perimeter of Misrata have been created to defend the city as well as to provide backup troops and supplies to the fighters heading to the frontline.(AP Photo/Gaia Anderson)

Rebel forces press toward Gadhafi's hometown

Karin Laub, Rami Al-Shaheibi The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 2, 2011 - 9:44am

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Rebel forces are advancing toward Moammar Gadhafi's hometown despite the extension of the deadline for the town's surrender, rebel officials said Friday, as a U.N. officials warned that Libya faces critical but short-term shortages of drinking water, food and other supplies.

While fighting has subsided in much of Libya, including the capital Tripoli, the six-month civil war between rebels and Gadhafi's forces disrupted supply lines and damaged infrastructure across the country, leaving many people in need of help.

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