Jockeying for power among Libya's well-armed and fractious new leadership may intensify after the death of Muammar Gaddafi, an anxious and, for many, joyous moment in a country hungry for stability an

Muammar Gaddafi was fatally wounded by a bullet in his intestines following his capture, according to a doctor who examined his body, amid conflicting accounts of how the fugitive former Libyan leader met his end.

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

After the anarchic drama of their capture and killing of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's new leaders argued over his body on Friday, while Libyans, and the world, awaited the formal launch of a new era of de

Wearing a blood-stained vest and a torn pair of pants, one of Muammar Gaddafi's most notorious sons, Mutassim, is seen smoking a cigarette and sipping water from a bottle - just hours before his death

Bulgarian nurses imprisoned in Libya for eight years over an HIV scandal welcomed on Thursday news of Muammar Gaddafi's death, saying the deposed Libyan strongman had "got what he deserved".

"The new

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.

Here is a timeline of the civil war in Libya since protests against Muammar Gaddafi broke out in February 2011:

Feb. 15/16, 2011 - The arrest of human rights activist Fethi Tarbel starts a riot in Be

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