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The war is not over in Tripoli yet
Alex Thomson reports from one of the main roads into Tripoli, where some areas are peaceful but there are still pockets of fierce fighting.
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Saif Gaddafi resurfaces on the streets of Tripoli
Saif Gaddafi, who rebels said they had captured, has made a public appearance with frenzied supporters in Tripoli, saying that forces loyal to his father have “broken the back of the rebels”.
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Heavy fighting continues in battle for Tripoli
Three of Muammar Gaddafi’s sons are in custody as rebels say they hold 95 per cent of Libya’s capital. President Obama says it is clear that Gaddafi’s rule is over, but the fight in Libya is not.
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How tweets and texts helped the rebels take Tripoli
Libyans are free to text, call and blog again after a long telecommunications blackout, in a powerful symbol of how the rebels are ringing the changes.
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Rebels launch Operation Mermaid to take Tripoli
Libya’s six month bloody uprising reaches Tripoli, as rebels launch an intense assault towards Gaddafi’s stronghold.
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Civilians flee before the battle for Tripoli starts
Lindsey Hilsum blogs on the exodus of civilians doing everything they can to flee Tripoli before war arrives.
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Libyan rebels take Gharyan on their advance towards Tripoli
The Libyan capital is now cut off to the west at Zawiyah and to the south at the garrison town of Gharyan, from where our International Editor Lindsey Hilsum reports.
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Libya rebels make gains towards Tripoli
Libyan rebels take control of an oil refinery in the town of Zawiyah just thirty miles west of the capital Tripoli, in a strategic and psychological blow to Colonel Gaddafi’s forces.
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Libya: Rebels close in on Tripoli
Six months after the war began Libyan rebels seem to be closing in on Tripoli. But would the fall of the capital lead, as one Libyan activist claims, to a “peaceful implosion” of the regime?
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Libya rebels move to within 45 miles of Tripoli
As two offensives place Libyan rebel forces within striking distance of Gaddafi’s Tripoli stronghold, Anthony Tucker-Jones asks if they can maintain their new-found momentum.
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Tripoli pipeline attack ‘endgame’ for Gaddafi
Colonel Gaddafi’s regime in Libya could be entering a final, decisive phase, with reports that the main pipeline supplying oil to Tripoli has been cut.
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Nato boss regret at loss of life in Tripoli
Nato’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen tells Channel 4 News he regrets the “tragic loss of life” following an off-target air strike in Tripoli, but says the mission is meeting its objectives.
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Zawiyah out of bounds on the road to Gaddafi's Tripoli
International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs from Tripoli as the government presents pro-Gadaffi unity to journalists while embattled Zawiya is out of bounds.
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Libya: rebels battle Gaddafi forces south of Tripoli
Fighters battle government forces for a second day in the town of Zawiyah, as International Editor Lindsey Hilsum writes from Tripoli that the rebels are yet to penetrate Col Gaddafi’s capital.
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Libyan ambassador expelled from UK amid Tripoli attacks
The Foreign Secretary expels the Libyan ambassador to the UK in the wake of attacks on British embassy premises in Tripoli. It comes after the apparent death of Gaddafi’s son in a NATO air strike.
