TRIPOLI (Aug 25, 2011): Libya's new masters have offered a million-dollar bounty for the fugitive Muammar Gaddafi, after he urged his men to fight on in battles across parts of the capital. A day after rebel forces overran his Tripoli headquarters and trashed symbols of his 42-year rule, scattered pockets of loyalist diehards kept the irregular fighters at bay as they hunted Gaddafi and his sons. Rebels also reported fighting deep in the desert and a standoff round Gaddafi's tribal home town.
In Tripoli, rockets and shooting kept largely kept civilians indoors and gunfire rang out in the centreinto the night. Most were anxious but hopeful the war would soon end, and with it the worsening shortages of food, water and medical supplies – both for hundreds of wounded and for the sick. --- MORE
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