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Gadhafi on the run as rebels fight in Tripoli

Updated: 2011-08-23 07:04

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Welcome to our live report on unfolding events in Libya. Remnants of forces still loyal to Muammar Gadhafi staged a desperate stand in Tripoli on Tuesday as rebels fought their way into the capital, but the whereabouts of the veteran leader was a mystery. Here we will bring you the latest news from Libya and reaction from around the world as it happens.

 

Gadhafi on the run as rebels fight in Tripoli

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5:10 am

A group of Libyan migrants stormed the Libyan embassy building in Athens Monday afternoon, as the opposition forces announced seizure of much of Tripoli, capital of the war-torn northern African country.

Gadhafi on the run as rebels fight in Tripoli

4:45 am

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron will jointly host the meeting of the contact group on Libya next week in Paris, said a statement issued Monday night by the Elysee Palace, confirming Foreign Minister Alain Juppe's early remarks on local media.

Gadhafi on the run as rebels fight in Tripoli

3:40 am

The fall of Muammar Gaddafi's leadership in oil-rich Libya did not trigger a market rally in the Gulf Arab region Monday. Stock indices in Saudi Arabia and Qatar ended unchanged at 5, 916.31 and 8,095.54 points respectively.

Gadhafi on the run as rebels fight in Tripoli

2:25 am

The day-after the Libyan rebels took control of Tripoli bringing the Gaddafi rule closer to the end, several Italian experts said the key to securing a bright future for Libya lied in the success of a national reconciliation process which had to be launched by the Libyan people as soon as the conflict was over.

Gadhafi on the run as rebels fight in Tripoli

1:30 am

The Libyan embassy in Belarus on Monday replaced the Libyan state flag with the flag used by the Libyan rebels. The crescent and star emblazoned red-black-green flag that became a rallying symbol for the rebels in Libya was raised at the Libyan embassy in the Belarusian capital here.

Gadhafi on the run as rebels fight in Tripoli

 

00:50 am

Tunisia's interim prime minister Beji Caid Essebsi congratulated Libya's people for their "victory on the way to freedom and dignity," the state-run press agency TAP reported on Monday.

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