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Triumphant rebels seized Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli on Tuesday after a fierce battle with a loyalist rearguard but there was no word on the fate of the Libyan leader who vowed again to fight to the end.

The economic effects of political revolution in Egypt suggests that freedom came with a price.

Libyan rebels battled on Tuesday around Muammar Gaddafi's headquarters, where a son of the veteran leader had emerged overnight to confound reports of his capture and to rally cheering loyalists for a rearguard fightback.

Libyans around the world, in places such as Greece, Turkey and Sudan, celebrated the arrival of rebels in Tripoli over the weekend.

Moammar Gadhafi's regime will fall within 10 days, but Gadhafi will not surrender, Libya's former prime minister predicted on Monday.

The implosion of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's 41-year-old rule will put a new spring in the step of the Arab revolutions and demonstrate once again that these entrenched autocratic governments are not invincible.

Israel and the Hamas Islamist group which controls the Gaza Strip have agreed to a ceasefire after five days of cross-border violence, officials said Monday.

Libyan government tanks shelled parts of central Tripoli Monday after rebels swept into the heart of the city and crowds took to the streets to celebrate the expected downfall of Muammar Gaddafi.

Egypt and Israel tried Sunday to defuse a diplomatic crisis over the killing of five Egyptian security personnel during an Israeli operation against cross-border raiders, as crowds of Egyptians protested angrily at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo.

Egypt has said it is withdrawing its envoy to Israel, holding Tel Aviv responsible for the deaths of five Egyptian border troops on Thursday. The latest development marks the lowest ebb in the relations between the two countries that had maintained cold peace over the last several decades.

According to reports, five Egyptians were killed in the fire-fight between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants. The event occurred Thursday, near the southern Israel city of Eilat.

German composer Robert Schumann's tale of a fairy-like creature's quest to enter paradise opened an Oriental-themed Edinburgh International Festival this weekend to the acclaim of the critics.

Israeli aircraft struck Hamas outposts in Gaza and Palestinians fired rockets into southern Israel Friday as violence escalated following deadly gun attacks along Israel's porous border with Egypt.

An Egyptian army officer and two security personnel were killed during an Israeli raid on militants along the border Thursday, an Egyptian army official said.

Images from Israel Thursday, after gunmen, suspected to be from the Gaza Strip, entered the country from Egypt and attack civilians.

After seven people died when gunmen attacked a bus in Israel, the country has bombed the Gaza Strip, killing six.

At least six people died and 25 others were injured Thursday in a three-stage terrorist attack along Israel's border with Egypt. The attack was initiated when terrorists opened fire at an Egged bus on Road 12 near Eilat, Israel's southernmost city.

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When Northern California's Bay Area Rapid Transit agency turned off cell phone service to disrupt peaceful protests, "hacktivist" group Anonymous, breached BART's Web site and released personal information in protest.

Rebels to the west and east of Tripoli battled Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's forces Wednesday night for control of oil facilities vital to the civil war's outcome. The United States also deployed two more Predator drones for surveillance operations.

French military barracks will be converted to mosques.