The battle for Libya

Modified: 29/11/2011 - 18:55

As revolt sweeps the Arab world, thousands of Libyans have risen up against the 42-year rule of Moamer Kadhafi, who has responded with troops and fighter planes. There are hundreds of reports of bloodshed but the leader's allies have defected and the rebels have fought on.

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TNC chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy

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International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo

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Lilbyan fighters wait in the outskirts of the town of Bani Walid

Libyan fighters prepare to take Bani Walid

The flag adopted by Libya's new leaders, Martyrs Square inTripoli.

Libya's new leaders tell fighters from provinces to return home

Libya's National Transitional Council needs money as well as recognition

Paris hosts conference for Libya

Nothing is forever - Kadhafi and Medvedev in Moscow 2008

Russia recognises Libya's rebel government

Rebel fighters, who were injured during fighting at Bab al-Aziziya, rest at Maitika Hospital in Tripoli August 27, 2011.

France requests permission to unblock Libyan assets

NATO forces bomb Kadhafi's hometown of Sirte

Libyan rebels on the way to Sirte

Kadhafi forces get four days to surrender or face military action

Sаfiya Gaddafi, wife of the Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi with her children in Tripoli in 1986

Kadhafi's wife and children flee to Algeria

Rebels said to be poised to take control of Kadhafi's home town

Rebels prepare for final push into Sirte

Rebels arrive in Tripoli on 26 August

Libyans face humanitarian crisis as rebels take over

Libyan rebels still fighting pockets of resistance in Tripoli

Libya's rebels appeal to west to release aid money

Head of the rebel National Transiational Council Mustafa Abdel Jalil

Rebels offer million euro reward for Kadhafi

Questions remain as to the whereabouts of Moamer Kadhafi

Libyan rebels put pricetag on Kadhafi's head

Rebels celebrated their invasion of Kadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound.

Rebels battle for Tripoli as Kadhafi hides out

Presidents Zuma and Kadhafi.

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President Jacob Zuma wants a democratic Libya

Barack Obama welcomes Angela Merkel to the White House - Libya is on the agenda of their meeting

Libyan labour minister defects as Merkel, Obama meet

A rebel fighter stands guard by a sign that reads in Arabic "beware of snipers" the road between Ajdabiyah and Brega

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French, British helicopters strike Libya

Women at the funeral of a rebel fighter in Misrata on Tuesday

Nato extends Libya air strikes for three months

The wreck of a migrants' boat off Lampedusa

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At least 150 drowned in migrant boat capsizing

French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

French lawyers to file Libya lawsuit against Sarkozy

Moamer Kadhafi and South African President Jacob Zuma, Tripoli, 10 April 2011

Zuma in Libya as pressure mounts on Kadhafi

An effigy of a soldier hangs from a trffic light in Benghazi

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Benghazi, the centre of the Libyan uprising

The oil terminal of Brega, which is under rebel control, 300 kilometres from Benghazi, 27 February 2011

Kadhafi losing his grip on Libya's oil industry

An Egyptian refugee prays shortly after crossing into Tunisian soil fleeing violence in Libya 25 February 2011

Refugees suffer during Libya protests

Moamer Kadhafi

Kadhafi says he won't go

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi speaks on state television, 22 February 2011.

Kadhafi insists he's still in Libya

Supporters of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi chant slogans at the Green Square 25 February 2011.

Kadhafi threatens more violence in surprise TV address

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