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Libyan capital sees first big firefight in months

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TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The Libyan cap­i­tal saw its first major gun­bat­tle since Moam­mar Gad­hafi fled Tripoli more than two months ago, as his sup­port­ers traded fire with rev­o­lu­tion­ary forces Fri­day after a crowd raised the ousted regime’s green flag.

Gadhafi loyalists beat back assault on strongholds

SIRTE, Libya (AP) — Moam­mar Gadhafi’s fight­ers beat back an attempt by Libya’s new gov­ern­ment Fri­day to crush rem­nants of the old regime, forc­ing rev­o­lu­tion­ary troops into retreat in the moun­tains and turn­ing Gadhafi’s sea­side home­town into an urban bat­tle­field of snipers fir­ing from mosques and heavy weapons rat­tling main boulevards.

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