Libya

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Residents stand Monday on a tank holding a pre-Gadhafi era national flag inside a security forces compound in Benghazi, Libya. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. (Associated Press)

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This photograph, obtained by the Associated Press outside Libya and taken by a person not employed by AP, shows a scene from recent days' unrest in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo)

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Men carry a coffin at Al-Jalaa Hospital in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second-largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital, with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. (AP Photo/Alaguri)

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This photograph, obtained by the Associated Press outside Libya and taken by a person not employed by AP, shows a scene from recent days' unrest in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo)

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This photograph, obtained by the Associated Press outside Libya and taken by a person not employed by AP, shows a scene from recent days' unrest in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo)

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A resident stands on top of a burned guard post at the entrance to a security forces compound in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second-largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital, with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. (AP Photo/Alaguri)

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This photograph, obtained by the Associated Press outside Libya and taken by a person not employed by AP, shows a scene from recent days' unrest in Benghazi, Libya. The white banner in Arabic reads, "Protest until the regime falls." (AP Photo)

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Residents stand on a tank holding a pre-Gadhafi-era national flag inside a security forces compound in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second-largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital, with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. (AP Photo/Alaguri)

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This photograph, obtained by the Associated Press outside Libya and taken by a person not employed by AP, shows a scene from recent days' unrest in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo)

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This photograph, obtained by the Associated Press outside Libya and taken by a person not employed by AP, shows a scene from recent days' unrest in Benghazi, Libya. Writing in Arabic in white on green at the base of torn government banner showing Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi reads, "The popular masses of the popular conferences in Benghazi." (AP Photo)

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Residents stand on a tank inside a security forces compound in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second-largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital, with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. (AP Photo/Alaguri)

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Buildings at the entrance to a security forces compound are seen burning in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second-largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. (AP Photo/Alaguri)

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Residents riding in the back of a vehicle celebrate and display the victory sign in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second-largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital, with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. (AP Photo/Alaguri)

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A Libyan carries away partial remains of a man's body at Al-Jalaa Hospital in Benghazi, Libya on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second-largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital, with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. Writing on placard in Arabic reads "Ramzi Al-Hawat"; the reason for the name is not known. (AP Photo/Alaguri)

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This photograph, obtained by the Associated Press outside Libya and taken by a person not employed by AP, shows a scene from recent days' unrest in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo)

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This photograph, taken by a person not employed by AP, shows people gathering during unrest in Benghazi, the second-largest city in Libya. Residents of the city told reporters by telephone that it was liberated Sunday after soldiers threw their lot with protesters. The claim could not be immediately confirmed. (Associated Press)