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Armed African mercenaries landed from helicopters in some neighborhoods in the capital and opened fire on 'anyone in the streets,' causing a large number of deaths, AFP reported on Monday, quoting local witnesses. There has been "a massacre" in the Tajura and Fashlum districts of the Libyan capital, with gunmen indiscriminately... 

Libyan diplomats at the United Nations and several countries broke ranks with the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi, urging foreign nations to help stop what many called the slaughter of anti-government protesters. Gaddafi's forces have cracked down fiercely on demonstrators demanding an end to his 41-year rule, with fighting... 

Dozens of people have been killed at the hands of security forces in Libya today, as the violent state response to escalating protests against the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s rule grows more desperate. An anti-government rally in the Libyan capital Tripoli came under sustained attack from security forces. Although...