Clashes have erupted in Libya's capital as soldiers and government-affiliated militias attempt to regain control of a base occupied by armed gunmen after a deadly militia attack on protesters the day before.

Libyan militiamen have attacked peaceful protesters demanding the disbanding of the country’s armed groups, killing at least 22 people as they opened fire on the march with heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.

Libya’s government has won control of one of the last strongholds of Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists after fierce battles that left dozens dead and thousands displaced.

Libyan militias operating alongside the defence ministry readied their forces to advance on a town that remains a bastion of support for the ousted regime of Muammar Gaddafi, stoking fears of an impending battle that has already sent dozens of families fleeing.

United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon raised serious questions about justice in Libya when he urged the country’s leaders to charge or release an estimated 7,000 detainees, many held since last year’s revolution that ousted long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Two local journalists are being held in a town known for its support of deposed ruler Muammar Gaddafi, a Libyan militia commander said.

Syrian tanks and troops have massed outside the resistance stronghold of Homs for a possible ground assault that one activist warned could unleash a new round of fierce and bloody urban combat even as the Red Cross tried to broker a ceasefire to allow emergency aid in.

The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders has suspended its work in prisons in the Libyan city of Misrata because it says detainees are being tortured.

Forces loyal to deceased Muammar Gaddafi have seized control of a Libyan town and raised the ousted regime’s green flag.

Forces loyal to Libya’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi attacked the former regime stronghold of Bani Walid today, killing at least four fighters from the new government, officials and residents said.

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Fighters and residents in battle-scarred Misrata celebrated victory over Muammar Gaddafi’s regime with a parade of tanks and anti-aircraft guns.

MUAMMAR GADDAFI and his son Mo’tassim were buried in a secret desert location yesterday, five days after the deposed Libyan leader was captured, killed and put on grisly public display.

Libya’s all-powerful leader for four decades spent his final weeks hiding in his home town of Sirte, alternating between rage and melancholy as his regime crumbled, his chief bodyguard has revealed.

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, his son Muatassim and a top aide have been buried at a secret location with a few relatives and officials in attendance, a Misrata military council official said today.

The head of Libya’s transitional government tried to reassure Western powers which helped topple Muammar Gaddafi that the country’s new leaders were moderate Muslims, after a speech that emphasised the Islamisation of Libya.

THE body of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will be buried today in a simple ceremony, attended by Muslim clerics, in a secret location in the Libyan desert, an official with the National Transitional Council said yesterday.

LIBYA declared itself liberated yesterday after 42 years of rule by Muammar Gaddafi ended with his capture and death last week, getting the North African state ready for a transition towards democracy.

Muammar Gaddafi’s blood-streaked body was on display in a commercial freezer at a shopping centre as Libyan authorities argued about what to do with his remains and questions deepened over official accounts of the longtime dictator’s death.

Muammar Gaddafi’s blood-streaked body has been stashed in a commercial freezer at a shopping centre as Libyans try to keep it away from crowds as they figure out where and when to bury the hated ex-leader.

The burial of Muammar Gaddafi has been delayed until his death can be examined by the International Criminal Court, Libyan officials said.

Dragged from hiding in a drainage pipe, a wounded Muammar Gaddafi raised his hands and begged revolutionary fighters: “Don’t kill me, my sons.”

LIBYA is celebrating today after the death of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Muammar Gaddafi, who ruled Libya with an iron fist for 42 years, was killed today as rebel troops overran the last pockets of loyalist resistance in his home-town Sirte.

Muammar Gaddafi has been killed, Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said today.

Angelina Jolie has been visiting Libya in her role as UN Goodwill Ambassador.

Libyan revolutionary forces fired rockets into the western half of Muammar Gaddafi's home town today as hundreds of residents streamed out of the city to flee the fighting.

Facing little resistance, revolutionary fighters captured the airport and other parts of a southern desert city that is one of the last remaining strongholds of Muammar Gaddafi's forces, even as military offensives stalled to the north.

Muammar Gaddafi’s fighters fired several mortars and tried to ambush revolutionary forces today at the northern gate of the loyalist stronghold of Bani Walid.

At least 30,000 people were killed and 50,000 wounded in Libya's six-month civil war, the interim health minister said, offering a first detailed estimate of the human cost of bringing down Muammar Gaddafi.

A MAJOR western defence firm was upgrading military equipment for an elite Libyan security brigade just before the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi began, documents show, revealing how the West tried to foster ties with Gaddafi during his final years in power.

Rebel reinforcements converged on one of Muammar Gaddafi’s last strongholds in Libya today, even as they gave the town a last chance to surrender.

Libyan rebels laying siege to one of Muammar Gaddafi’s remaining strongholds say surrender talks have broken down and they are ready to attack.

Libyan rebel fighters have captured Muammar Gaddafi’s foreign minister, according to a rebel official.

THE killing of al-Qaida’s number two leader deprives the group of a multi-talented manager who helped it spawn offshoots around the world and survive a US counter-terrorism campaign in Pakistan, analysts say.

Hundreds of Libyan rebels have stormed Muammar Gaddafi’s main military compound in Tripoli.

Libya’s rebels began as a disparate group of former government insiders, Western-leaning intellectuals, businessmen and even a smattering of ex-Islamist militants.

THE trappings of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime crumbled last night as hundreds of Libyan rebels overran a major military base defending the capital and raced onto the streets of Tripoli amid unconfirmed reports that Gaddafi’s son and key aide, Saif al-Islam, had been captured by the rebels.

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s forces launched a fierce counterattack in a strategic western city today, firing rockets, mortar shells and anti-aircraft guns in a bid to keep the rebels from gaining complete control and advancing towards Tripoli.

Libyan rebels have fought their way into the strategic city of Zawiya west of Tripoli on in their most significant advance in months, battling snipers on rooftops and heavy shelling from Muammar Gaddafi’s forces holding the city.

The Libyan rebel leadership is showing signs of strain and disarray six months into its fight to oust Muammar Gaddafi.

The Libyan government has denied rebel reports that Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son was killed in a Nato air strike on a front-line town in western Libya.

Hundreds of rebels have launched a broad offensive against government forces in western Libya and seized three small towns, spokesmen say.

France's foreign minister suggested today that a possible way out of Libya's civil war would be to allow Muammar Gaddafi to stay in the country if he relinquishes power.