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LIVE BLOG: Endgame for Gaddafi
Channel 4 News live-blogs the capture of Muammar Gaddafi in Sirte on 20 October 2011.
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Celebrations as Gaddafi confirmed dead
As former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is confirmed dead, Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum, who is in Tripoli, says people are “going crazy” and celebrating his death.
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Gaddafi – from pariah to ally and back again
Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi seized power in Libya in 1969 and ruled until 2011, bringing to its people relative prosperity but subjecting them to a hardline, oppressive dictatorship.
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How did Colonel Gaddafi die?
Libyans have been celebrating the demise of their former dictator, but the circumstances of his death remain confused. Video has emerged of Gaddafi alive after his capture near Sirte.
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After Gaddafi, where next for the Arab Spring?
As the death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is confirmed, Channel 4 News looks at where this leaves Libya as well as the progress in the rest of the “Arab Spring” nations.
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Libyan fighters ‘enter’ Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid
Fighters for Libya’s new regime enter the town of Bani Walid, one of the last strongholds of forces loyal to former leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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Tension on the streets of Tripoli
As post-liberation euphoria on the streets of Tripoli starts to fade, residents of the Libyan capital are losing patience with their rustic ‘liberators’. International Editor Lindsey Hilsum reports.
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'Good news! Mutassim Gaddafi has been captured!'
Blogging from Tripoli, Lindsey Hilsum recounts how, on returning to her hotel last night, she was informed by the receptionist that Mutassim Gaddafi, one of Muammar Gaddafi’s most powerful sons, had been captured.
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Prisoner abuse ‘widespread’ under Libya’s new rulers
Amnesty calls for Libya’s interim authorities to stamp out torture of detainees and arbitrary detention, after uncovering evidence of prisoner mistreatment.
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The story behind the Libyan guitar hero photo
The photographer behind the Libyan guitar hero image tells Channel 4 News the story behind the shot.
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End of war in sight, says Libya’s new government
As the NTC claims that the conflict in Libya is drawing to a conclusion, Channel 4 News understands that fighting continues in major cities previously said to have been captured.
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Libya’s guitar hero – name that battle song?
The conflict in Libya has created some extraordinary images, none more bizarre than this scene of a guitarist playing alongside fighters as bullets fly. But what song could he possibly be playing?
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Libyan government forces besiege Gaddafi stronghold
Libyan government troops launch their largest assault yet on Muammar Gaddafi’s home city of Sirte.
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Gaddafi says ‘bombs of Nato will not last’
Libya’s deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to defeat the rebels, warning that “Nato’s planes will not be able to continue their operations in Libya”.
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Libyan fighters withdraw from Gaddafi stronghold
Anti-Gaddafi forces are withdrawing from Bani Walid after hours of fierce fighting.