Libyan forces claim gains in Qaddafi hometown

SIRTE, Libya - Libyan revolutionary forces claimed to have captured parts of a sprawling convention center that loyalists of Muammar Qaddafi have used as their main base in the ousted leader's hometown and were shelling the city to try to rout snipers from rooftops in their offensive aimed at ...

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