Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi died of wounds suffered on Thursday as fighters battling to complete an eight-month-old uprising against his rule overran his hometown Sirte, Libya's interim ruler

Western leaders welcomed the death of former Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi as the end of despotism, tyranny, dictatorship and ultimately war in the north African country.

"It is an historic moment

Bulgarian nurses imprisoned in Libya for eight years over an HIV scandal welcomed on Thursday news of Muammar Gaddafi's death, saying the deposed Libyan strongman had "got what he deserved".

"The new

Fierce street fighting erupted on Tuesday between new regime fighters and Muammar Gaddafi's remaining diehards in Sirte, the toppled Libyan leader's last bastion, media reported.

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Libyan revolutionary forces bulldozed the green walls surrounding Muammar Gaddafi’s main Tripoli compound on Sunday, saying it was time 'to tear down this symbol of tyranny'.

Two bulldozers guarded by armed men started to demolish the walls around ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi's former home in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday.

As the bulldozers set to on the Bab al-Az

This photograph from Sirte, Libya of a rebel fighter playing his guitar as a firefight rages around him, has now captured the world's attention.

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Mutassim Gaddafi, a son of Libya's former leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been arrested in his hometown of Sirte, the new National Transitional Council said Wednesday.

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Forces of Libya's new regime were on the verge of claiming full control of Muammar Gaddafi's hometown Sirte after seizing its showpiece conference centre and university from his diehards on Sunday.

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Fighters loyal to Libya's interim government are battling for full control of Sirte, Muammar Gaddafi's birthplace where the ousted despot's diehards are holed up inside a conference centre.

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