The Rule of Libya's Colonel Gaddafi

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Death of a Dictator
After a long, bloody battle, Gaddafi was captured and killed in the fight for his hometown of Sirt, on Oct. 20, 2011, according to Libyan officials. In this photo, his body is brought by an ambulance to a hospital in Misratah.

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