Rebels say up to 85 per cent of Tripoli is under their control, except for Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound. They also claim to have taken control of the state TV building.Gaddafi's son Khamis is leading loyalist forces towards central Tripoli in a government counter-offensive against rebel forces that have been ...

AP Aug 21: People celebrate the recent news of uprising in Tripoli against Muammar Qaddafi's regime at the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya. Tripoli – Four strong explosions rocked Tripoli early Sunday amid reports that rebels had cut off crucialVINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. — A vacationing President Barack Obama was being ...

A vacationing President Barack Obama was being kept up to date by aides on developments in Libya and U.S. officials were in touch with their contacts in that country Saturday to determine the progress of rebel troopsThe Libya stuff is kind of amazing. Gaddafi is the last of his era ...

ZAWIYA, Libya — Libyan rebels took control of this coastal city Saturday, clearing a major hurdle in their march toward Moammar Gadhafi's remaining bastion, the capital of Tripoli, just 30 miles away.TRIPOLI -- Truth be told, some foreign observers, and certainly this one, having been based in Tripoli the past ...

By SARAH MASLIN NIR Gunfire and artillery explosions echoed through the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Saturday night, as troops rebelling against the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, who has held power for 42 years, moved on the city, according toLibyan rebels took control of this coastal city Saturday, clearing ...