New Leadership To Declare National Liberation In Libya -- BBC
The new government in Libya is poised to formally declare national liberation, days after the killing of former leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
A ceremony is to be held in Benghazi, where the National Transitional Council (NTC) had its headquarters during the war to end Gaddafi's 42-year rule.
His capture and death on Thursday came as Nato-backed NTC forces pursued loyalists in his stronghold, Sirte.
The NTC has come under pressure to investigate how he died.
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