Muammar Gaddafi, the 'king of kings of Africa' who for eight months refused to surrender, was captured on Thursday in a sewage pipe waving a golden gun near his hometown Sirte, Libyan fighters said.

Disturbing images of a blood-stained and shaken Muammar Gaddafi being dragged around by angry fighters quickly circulated around the world after the Libyan dictator's dramatic death near his home town

Libyan transitional government forces said on Thursday they had captured the last positions held by Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists in the deposed leader's home town of Sirte.

"Sirte has been liberated.

Muammar Gaddafi was captured as his hometown of Sirte was falling on Thursday, a National Transitional Council commander said, adding that the ousted Libyan strongman was badly wounded.

Is this is an image of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi during his arrest in Sirte, Libya? The rebels say so.

The most recent report from Libya says NATO aircraft struck two pro-Gaddafi military veh

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

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 government forces said on Tuesday they believed they had one of Muammar Gaddafi’s sons cornered in the centre of the deposed leader’s home town, but determined resistance was keeping them at bay. After weeks of

Sirte was rocked by deadly fighting on Friday in what new regime forces said was a final assault on Muammar Gaddafi's besieged hometown, with orders they take it the same day despite stiff resistance.

Fine words from NATO and Libyan new regime fighters about protecting civilians mean little to the furious residents of Sirte, whose homes are destroyed and relatives killed in the battle to capture Mu