Reaction to Qadhafi's death

Published October 22, 2011

Moammar Qadhafi, Libya's dictator for 42 years until he was ousted in an uprising-turned-civil war, was killed Thursday as revolutionary fighters overwhelmed his hometown of Sirte and captured the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime fell – Text and photos by AP.

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