A revolutionary fighter named Ahmed Al Shebani shot and killed Moammar Gadhafi in Sirte, Libya, Al Arabiya television reported Thursday.
Bringing an end to an eight-month war backed by NATO, revolutionary fighters overran the hometown of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, 69, killing him and stripping his bloodied boy for display, Reuters reported.
Now the focus in Libya will surely move to the next step for the interim National Transitional Council (NTC) and the preparation for building a new country.
After hearing news of Moammar Gadhafi's death, Libyans across the country rejoice.
Moammar Gadhafi was reported killed in Sirte, Libya on Thursday, and video of his death has been released by al-Jazeera.
Senior officials of the provisional government in Libya said that the ousted leader, Moammar Gadhafi, was killed by the National Transitional Council troops near his hometown of Sirte Thursday morning.
Former Libyan Dictator Moammar Gadhafi was killed Thursday after being injured during a Libyan rebel attack near his hometown of Sirte. A new Libya is born, a rebel spokesman said.
Muammar Gaddafi was killed on Thursday as Libya's new leaders declared they had overrun the last bastion of his long rule, sparking wild celebrations that eight months of war may finally be over.
Moammar Gadhafi was killed in Sirte on Thursday, the National Transitional Council of Libya said. The former dictator died of wounds sustained in the battle.
It's the opportune time to consider the future of Libya. A future without the bloody rule of Gadhafi.
Washington early Thursday was in uber-data analysis mode, still trying to confirm initial reports that former Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi had been captured, injured and had later died from injuries after Libyan rebels approached his hometown of Sirte.
Overthrown Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi was captured in the battle of Sirte and died in rebel control, the National Transitional Council said Thursday. The news hasn't been confirmed by independent sources, but if it were true, it would make Sirte the place of Gadhafi's birth and his death.
Reuters said that a “senior NTC military official” stated that Gaddafi has “died of wounds suffered during [the] reported capture.”
Timeline: Libya's civil war nears end
Long-time Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi has been captured and wounded in both legs, an official of the nation's National Transitional Council said Thursday.
Tuesday night's GOP debate will ultimately be remembered for the intense back and forth between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. The two sparred over illegal immigration in the debate's most poignant moment setting the stage for an intense campaign season the rest of the way.
Rep. Michele Bachmann said something unintentionally great in the Republican presidential debate Tuesday night, saying, in essence, that Libya was not in the continent of Africa.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Tripoli, Libya, visiting with the country's post-Moammar Gadhafi leadership.
Libya's revolutionary army has captured the city of Bani Walid, one of the last cities that was still under the control of the pro-Gadhafi resistance.
Libyan interim government forces said on Monday they had raised the country's new flag over Bani Walid, but it was not clear if they had captured the whole town, one of the last bastions of pro-Muammar Gaddafi loyalists.
The White House announced Friday that President Barack Obama will deploy 100 combat-equipped U.S. soldiers to central Africa to assist, train and provide intelligence in the fight against the Lord's Resistance Army.
The state-run Korean Central News agency, which acts as the mouthpiece of the North Korean government, has released a report about the Occupy Wall Street protests that is actually a reasonable account of the movement.
