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FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2011 file photo, former rebel fighters celebrate as smoke rises from Bani Walid, Libya, at the northern gate of the town. Moammar Gadhafi loyalists seized control of a Libyan city and raised the ousted regime's green flag, an official and military commanders said Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, in the most serious revolt yet against the country's government. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini, File)

Moammar Gadhafi loyalists seize Libyan town

Maggie Michael, Rami Al-Shaheibi The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 11:55am

BENGHAZI, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi loyalists seized control of a Libyan city and raised the ousted regime's green flag, an official and commander said Tuesday, in the most serious revolt yet against the country's government.

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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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David Gerbi gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. A Libyan Jewish man who returned from exile to try to restore Tripoli's main synagogue says he has been blocked from the building a day after knocking down the wall that was blocking its entrance. Gerbi says he went to clean garbage from the synagogue on Monday only to be told by men at the scene that they had warnings he would be targeted by violence. Gerbi, who fled with his family to Italy in 1967, says he was surprised because he had permission from the local sheik. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid al-Fergany)

Libyan 'revolutionary Jew' to restore synagogue

Kim Gamel The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 3, 2011 - 9:57am

TRIPOLI, Libya -- An exiled Libyan Jew fulfilled his lifelong dream by starting the ambitious project of restoring Tripoli's main synagogue on Sunday, crying as he broke down a concrete wall blocking the entrance and surveyed the damage.

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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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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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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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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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Bishop tackles issues at Top of Utah meetings

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 11:21pm

FARMINGTON -- The debate in Congress has turned from how much can we spend to how much can we cut, but U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, said Thursday it will take more than a balanced budget amendment to fix the burgeoning federal deficit.

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A Libyan rebel checks files of wanted suspects, at a checkpoint in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. Rebels hunting the top officials in Moammar's Gadhafi's ousted regime have captured his foreign minister and are closing in on Gadhafi himself, rebel officials said. The announcement, made on the 42nd anniversary of the coup that brought Gadhafi to power, also came as rebels forces pressed toward three major bastions of the crumbling regime, including Gadhafi's hometown. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Libyan rebels catch Gadhafi foreign minister

Ben Hubbard, Maggie Michael The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 10:26am

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Rebels hunting the top officials in Moammar Gadhafi's ousted regime have captured his foreign minister and are closing in on Gadhafi himself, rebel officials said Thursday.

The announcement, made on the 42nd anniversary of the coup that brought Gadhafi to power, also came as rebels forces pressed toward three major bastions of the crumbling regime, including Gadhafi's hometown.

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FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2005 file photo, al-Saadi Gadhafi, the son of the Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi, arrives in Sydney, Australia. The rebel commander in Tripoli says Moammar Gadhafi's son al-Saadi has called him to negotiate the terms of his own surrender. (AP Photo/Dan Peled, File)

Rebels: Gadhafi son offers to surrender

Ben Hubbard The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 9:42am

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi's son al-Saadi is trying to negotiate the terms of his own surrender, the rebel commander in Tripoli told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The commander, Abdel Hakim Belhaj, said al-Saadi first called him Tuesday and asked whether his safety could be guaranteed. "We told him 'Don't fear for your life. We will guarantee your rights as a human being, and will deal with you humanely,' said Belhaj, who added that al-Saadi would be turned over to legal authorities.

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