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Gadhfi's Death Bring Celebration and Joy in Libya

Gadhafi Dead: Pictures of Celebration in Libya

After ruling Libya for 42 years, his era of brutality and hegemony ended on Thursday, as Libyan fighters captured Col. Moammar Gadhafi in the town of Sirte. He was found hiding with others, in a hole, from where he was dragged through the roads and then brutally shot in his head. As soon as news of his death hit television and news channels, Libyans and supporters from all over the world started celebrating the end of the tyrant's reign.

Muammar Gadhafi: Brutal End to a Homespun Comic Revolution

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The hypocrisy and opportunism in other capitals don't absolve Gadhafi of the crimes he committed against ordinary Libyans, against humanity. But there is something sinister and sleazy about the current consensus in world capitals about how utterly wretched Gadhafi was.

Gaddafi family demands body; NATO ends Libya war

Gaddafi family demands body; NATO ends Libya war
NATO called an end to its air war in Libya, and the clan of Muammar Gaddafi demanded a chance to bury the body that lay on display in a meat locker after a death as brutal and chaotic as his 42-year rule.
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Canada's PM Stephen Harper

Canada's Libya mission to end in two weeks

Canada will be contacting its allies in the next few days and arranging for the early end of its Libyan military mission, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday.
Moammar Gadhafi was captured by Libyan rebel Mohammed El Bibi

Moammar Gadhafi: 6 Weird Facts from the Tyrant's Dossier

Libyan tyrant Moammar Gadhafi's four-decade long rule came to an end on Thursday as the autocratic ruler was killed by Libyan rebels he once ridiculed as rats. An autocrat who was condemned for tyrannizing his own people and sponsoring terrorism out of the country, Gadhafi will be remembered not only for his cruelty, but also for being an unmatched weirdo.
Muammar Gaddafi and Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi leave Ciampino Airport in Rome June 10, 2009

Gaddafi Killed in Hometown, Libya Eyes Future

Muammar Gaddafi was killed after being captured by the Libyan fighters he once scorned as rats, cornered and shot in the head after they overran his last bastion of resistance in his hometown of Sirte.
Muammar Gaddafi salutes his armed forces during a parade in Tripoli in 1999

Moammar Gadhafi Killed: His Life and Times (PHOTOS)

Born in a desert near Sirte in 1942, Muammar Gaddafi, the mercurial and eccentric strongman, was the longest-serving leader in both Africa and the Arab world, having ruled Libya since he toppled King Idris I in a coup at the age of 27.
U.S. President Barack Obama

Will Gadhafi's Death Help Obama in 2012?

While 2011 marks the death of two notorious terrorists, Osama bin Laden and Moammar Gadhafi, it is still unclear how President Obama's involvement in these events will affect his re-election in 2012.
Mass Grave at Abu Salim

More Mass Graves Found in Libya [PHOTOS]

The Red Cross reports that they are still finding mass grave sites from the Libyan dictator's reign, with dead bodies buried or burned near warehouses, hospitals, and roadsides. Over 13 mass grave sites have been uncovered since Gadhafi was ousted from power, including the remains of some 1,200 political prisoners from the Abu Salim massacre in 1996. [WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES]
Moammar Gadhafi Killed

Gadhafi is Dead: World Leaders React to Assassination

As Libyans flood the streets waving flags and automatic weapons, world leaders like President Obama, David Cameron, and the Vatican expressed hope for Libya's future and urged Libyans to focus on rebuilding a nation torn by civil war. Venezuelan Hugo Chavez, a long-time ally of Gadhafi, condemned the Libyan leader's death. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, has remained silent on the result of what he deemed a call to crusades by Western leaders.
Death of Gadhafi

Obama Says With Moammar Gadhafi Dead Libya Can Determine Its Own Destiny [VIDEOS]

U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday said now that Moammar Gadhafi is dead, Libya has an opportunity to determine its own destiny. The Libyan government announced Gadhafi's death on Thursday after the ousted dictator was killed in what the interim Prime Minister said was crossfire between transitional government troops and those loyal to Gadhafi.

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