Fierce Battle Underway To Crush Last Gaddafi Holdout -- Times of India/AFP
SIRTE ( LIBYA): Anti-Gaddafi fighters launched a fresh assault on Wednesday against the ousted strongman's remaining holdouts, now pinned into a small corner of his hometown Sirte.
The fighting was concentrated in the outer streets of Sirte's Number Two neighbourhood, with both sides trading heavy gunfire and bombarding each other with mortar shells.
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AFRICA
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French warning to euro summit.
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