Libya declared free, but Gadhafi death questioned

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s interim rulers declared the coun­try lib­er­ated on Sun­day after an eight-month civil war, launch­ing the oil-rich nation on what is meant to be a two-year tran­si­tion to democ­racy. But they laid out plans with an Islamist tone that could rat­tle their West­ern backers.