The Libyan rebels at a checkpoint in the western suburb of Ghout al-Shaal are  handing out fliers to passing drivers to wish them a Happy Eid al-Fitr, the  celebration that marks the end of a month of fasting for Ramadan.

“Thank God for  making our holiday into two holidays,” the flier reads. “The Eid al-Fitr and the  holiday of our victory over the injustice and oppression that the dictator  [Muammar Gaddafi] and his cronies inflicted on us over the course of 42 years.”  Much of Libya is celebrating this week, after rebels pushed into the capital  nearly two weeks ago, ushering in a new era. But several miles away, just off the same stretch of coastal road is a camp full  of men, women, and children who have lost a lot and gained little from Gaddafi’s  downfall.

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A week after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, residents of Tripoli ventured out to begin the grim work of burying the dead in mass graves on Saturday, as evidence emerged of widespread summary killings during the battle for the Libyan capital.

The stench of decomposing bodies and burning garbage hung over the city as it faced a potential humanitarian catastrophe due to collapsing water and power supplies, shortages of medicine and no effective government.

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The bodies of up to 150 Libyan civilians were found yesterday near Tripoli after allegedly being massacred by pro-Gaddafi forces.

Journalists said they counted as many as 53 executed bodies in a burnt-out farm warehouse near the Khamis military base where the murders are thought to have taken place last Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Stalemate had lasted for months, but within a week a stunned population found itself free at last.

The crucial blow came as Muammar Gaddafi and much of the world looked the wrong way. The Libyan revolutionaries who swept out of the western mountains and into Tripoli, turfing a hated tyrant from power in a matter of days, had been regarded as bit players: by Gaddafi as he concentrated his forces to fend off the threat from rebels in Benghazi and Misrata in the east and by European and American politicians as they questioned the point of Nato‘s daily bombing raids after months of military stalemate.

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For a quarter of a century, Colonel Gaddafi claimed that his adopted baby daughter Hana was killed in a US airstrike.

On Friday, however, it appeared that it was all a ruse to whip up hatred against the West and win sympathy from ordinary Libyans.

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Eyewitnesses say Gaddafi loyalists killed “numerous detainees” this week at two military camps in Tripoli, Amnesty International reported on Friday.

Escaped detainees from the Khilit al-Ferjan and Qasr Ben Ghashir camps provided testimony to the human rights group.

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All groups claiming authority over Libya must come together to bring peace and stability in the country, President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday.

“They must all come together and negotiate a peaceful process that will lead to the formation of an inclusive transitional government and democracy in Libya,” Zuma said on his return from the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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With rebel forces in Tripoli and Moammar Gadhafi on the run, the end could be near for the Libyan civil war.

Sporadic fighting continues in the capital city of the oil-rich North African nation, NATO warplanes are still patrolling overhead, and there’s always the danger of Gadhafi true-believers launching a fresh insurgency.

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Secret documents detail clandestine lobbying of Nato and even Obama following fear of full-scale US invasion.

The Gaddafi regime carried out an extraordinary clandestine lobbying operation to try to stop Nato‘s bombardment of Libya, and believed the western allies were likely to launch a full-scale invasion in “either late September or October”.

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The sum was twice that announced Tuesday by NTC number two Mahmud Jibril.

Die Libiese rebelle het gesê hulle sal 2 mijoen dinar (sowat R12 mijoen) betaal as iemand kol. Muammar Gaddafi – dood of lewendig – na hulle bring, het die hoof van die Nasionale Oorgangsraad (NOR) Woensdag gesê.

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Libyan rebels weathered resistance from pro-Moammar Gaddafi forces in several volatile pockets across Tripoli Wednesday, but a few dozen journalists kept hostage by the strongman’s armed supporters have dramatically managed to go free.

Rebels worked to topple remnants of the Gaddafi military apparatus as special forces from Britain, France, Jordan and Qatar — which are on the ground in Libya — have stepped up operations in Tripoli and other cities in recent days to help them.

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A reward of £1m is being offered for whoever finds Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, dead or alive, the head of the Transitional National Council (NTC) has said.

Col Gaddafi is believed to be hiding somewhere in the city and Mustafa Abdel-Jalil said: “The NTC supports the initiative of businessmen who are offering two million dinars (£1m) for the capture of Muammar Gaddafi, dead or alive.”

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Journalists trapped inside a Libyan hotel have described the increasingly worsening situation there.

About 35 foreigners–including journalists and politicans–have been holed up inside Tripoli’s Rixos hotel and barred from leaving for the past five days. On Wednesday, one of the journalists, the BBC’s Matthew Price, spoke to the “Today” program’s Evan Davis on Radio 4.

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Journalists staying at Tripoli’s Rixos hotel have endured a fourth night trapped in the building under the watchful eye of Colonel Gaddafi’s soldiers.

With electricity and water cut off and no staff left, the 30 or so journalists from around the world have grouped together, donning flak jackets and helmets as they listen to the sounds of gunfire outside.

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Rebel fighters sought to consolidate their hold on Tripoli on Wednesday and continued to hunt down an elusive and defiant Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, a day after they crashed through the gates of his fortresslike compound, ransacking its barracks for weapons and carting off mementos of his 42-year dictatorship.

Colonel Qaddafi, in an address broadcast early Wednesday on a local Tripoli radio station, called his retreat from the compound “tactical,” several news reports said.

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Col Muammar Gaddafi has made a speech vowing death or victory in the fight against “aggression”, after Libyan rebels seized his Tripoli compound.

In the audio speech, the colonel, whose whereabouts remain unknown, said he had made a “tactical” retreat from his Bab al-Aziziya compound in the capital.

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The European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton Tuesday said that the EU is committed to sending medicine, fuel and other aid to Libya, as well as easing what is shaping up as the country’s biggest worry: security.

Rebel leaders have told the EU they now control 80% of the country, creating the possibility of more violence and chaos, Ashton said.

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Libyan rebels have taken over Col Muammar Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli, one of the final areas under the Libyan leader’s control.

TV footage showed fighters destroying statues and firing guns into the air in celebration inside the compound.

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Nato to resume bombing campaign after ‘tactical pause’ as it emerges that rebels are being advised by SAS soldiers.

British and Nato military commanders are planning what they hope will be a final onslaught on Colonel Gaddafi’s forces to put an end to all resistance from troops loyal to the Libyan leader.

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