LIBYA

Four hundred people were killed and 2,000 injured in three days of fighting between the rebels and pro-Gadhafi forces in the capital, but the anti-government fighters tore through Moammar Gadhafi Bab al-Azizya compound in Tripoli with little resistance.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich discussed topics such as marijuana legalization, universal healthcare and the Patriot Act while addressing a crowd at Seattle's Hempfest.

Joyful Libyan rebels overran Muammar Gaddafi's Tripoli bastion on Tuesday, seizing weapons and loot and destroying symbols of a 42-year dictatorship they declared was now over as they set about hunting down the fallen ruler and his sons.

Joyful Libyan rebels overran Moammar Gadhafi's Tripoli bastion on Tuesday, seizing weapons and loot and destroying symbols of a 42-year dictatorship they declared was now over as they set about hunting down the fallen ruler and his sons.

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.

Investors bullish on the oil market are getting support from the uncertainty in Libya.

Heavy shelling could be heard throughout the city with smoke billowing across the skies.

Oil prices rose on Tuesday, boosted by better-than-expected manufacturing data in Germany and China and by uncertainty in Libya where government loyalists staged a fight back.

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.

Google Maps has already accepted the name change of Green Square to Martyr's Square.

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Gold prices retreated more than 1 percent from record highs on Tuesday as a recovery in appetite for assets seen as higher risk, such as stocks, took the steam out of a rally that many saw as overdone above $1,900 an ounce.

Different reports suggested that Nato allies deployed their forces and intelligence services in Libya secretly in order to pave path for rebel forces to Tripoli.

Here is a brief rundown of important events around the world Tuesday morning, August 23, 2011.

Gold prices retreated more than 1 percent from record highs on Tuesday as a recovery in appetite for assets seen as higher risk, such as stocks, took the steam out of a rally that many saw as overdone above $1,900 an ounce.

Brent crude neared $109 Tuesday as fighting in Libya continued and in anticipation of a fall in U.S. crude stockpiles.

The United States has pressed for Moammar Gadhafi to step down, but a leadership vacuum raises concerns about the security of Libya's weapons stockpiles and the danger of them falling into hostile hands, officials said Monday.

The battle to take over Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli will be fierce, but anyone inside has little chance of escape, a rebel spokesman told Al Jazeera television on Monday.

Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, one of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi's seven sons, appeared in Tripoli early Tuesday morning, greeting supporters in the face of the rebel presence in the city.

Berlusconi has invited the head of the rebel government to Italy, while urging Gadhafi to give himself over to authorities.

China will respect the will of the Libyan people and hopes for a return to stability in the war-torn country, China's Foreign Ministry said on Monday, as Libyan rebel fighters clashed with government forces in Tripoli.