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Libyan leader Moammer Gadhafi addresses General Assembly at United Nations
Libyan leader Moammer Gadhafi addresses the 64th General Assembly at the United Nations on September 23, 2009 in New York City. UPI /Monika Graff

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Added December 19, 2011 with 10 photos
With the recent deaths of North Korean despot Kim Jong-il and Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, take a look back at some of the men whose iron grips on their countries regrettably shaped the 20th and 21st centuries.
Added October 20, 2011 with 17 photos
Following the death of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in his hometown of Sirte on Oct. 20, 2011, Libyan National Transitional Council fighters celebrated in the streets of Tripoli.
Added May 13, 2011 with 25 photos
With the capture of Tripoli and continued success, as slow as it may be at times, the rebel forces in Libya have achieved a series of military and diplomatic victories over the past several months following after the Arab Spring.
Added August 29, 2011 with 42 photos
Peace negotiations continue in besieged Bani Walid, with transitional government leaders saying they hope the standoff would end peacefully and that people in Bani Walid, a desert city of 60,000 people about 90 miles southeast of Tripoli, would greet rebel forces as people did in Tripoli late last month, when rebel fighters captured the Libyan capital.
Added February 24, 2011 with 21 photos
With rebel forces taking an increasingly dominant hold in Gadhafi's stronghold of Tripoli, and his forces abandoning him for the opposition, it looks like the nearly 42 years of his rule in Libya have been brought to an end.
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UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The use of violence to achieve political objectives in Mali violates the terms of a peace agreement with a liberation movement, the U.N. secretary-general said.
Number of missing Libyan missiles unknown
TRIPOLI, Libya, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Weapons inspectors said they can't find what may be thousands of portable anti-aircraft missiles acquired by ex-Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
BRUSSELS, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Fighting in Mali has displaced more than 20,000 people and forced aid group Doctors Without Borders to suspend work, an aid director said.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- The French military electronics giant Thales is negotiating with Saudi Arabia for a contract, worth up to $3 billion, to upgrade the kingdom's air-defense network, particularly those guarding key military and government sites.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Washington said it was concerned about the security situation in Mali, where demonstrations forced authorities to block roads to the capital.
Russia vows veto of any anti-Assad plan
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- As Syrian tanks pushed rebels out of the Damascus suburbs Tuesday, a top Russian official said his country would veto any U.N. plan to force regime change.
MISURATA, Libya, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Prisoners who had supported former Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi said they were tortured while in detention.
TRIPOLI, Libya, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Human-rights groups say several people have died in Libyan detention centers after being tortured.
TRIPOLI, Libya, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Protests are mounting against the council that replaced Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, with one critic calling the National Transitional Council "a monster."
BANI WALID, Libya, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Officials say loyalists of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi seized control of the town of Bani Walid and raised Gadhafi's green flag Tuesday.
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