Revolution Sweeps Libya As Muammar Gaddafi Flees

Protesters wave a flag in this undated picture made available on Facebook February 20, 2011. Photograph by: Handout, Reuters

On The Run: Gaddafi Flees Tripoli As Protesters Set The Libyan Parliament Building Alight -- Daily Mail

* Protesters appear to have taken control of second city Benghazi
* Up to 400 feared dead after dozens killed in overnight clashes
* Justice minister resigns over 'excessive use of violence'
* David Cameron declares regime response is 'appalling and unacceptable'
* Gaddafi's son says: 'We will fight to the last minute, until the last bullet'
* UN warns that British Government could be guilty of 'complicity' in killings

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is believed to have fled the capital Tripoli after anti-government demonstrators breached the state television building and set government property alight.

Protesters appear to have gained a foothold in Tripoli as banks and government buildings were looted while demonstrators have claimed they have taken control of the second city Benghazi.

It is thought up to 400 people may have died in the unrest with dozens more reported killed in Tripoli overnight as protests reached the capital for the first time and army units were said to have defected to the opposition.

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More News On The Revolution In Libya

Al Jazeera English: Live Stream -- Al Jazeera
Libya unrest stops oil drilling, majors remove staff -- Regular Updates -- Reuters

Libya: Protesters, security clash in capital
-- Yahoo News/AP
Libyans rage as Kadhafi son warns of 'war' -- Yahoo News/AFP
Gaddafi under threat as revolt hits Tripoli -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Libya Death Toll Surges in Crackdown -- Wall Street Journal
Libyan Protests Spread to Capital -- Voice of America
Dozens killed in Libyan capital as unrest spreads -- Vancouver Sun/Reuters
Libyan protesters take second city -- Press Association
Colonel Gaddafi troops gun down 200 protesters in Libya bloodbath -- Mirror.co.uk
Libya 'extremely dangerous and volatile' -- CNN
Libya protesters set fire to government buildings in Tripoli -- The Guardian
Libya Anti-Government Protests Spreading as Death Toll Rises -- ABC News
Libya on brink of civil war, warns Gaddafi's son -- ABC News (Australia)
Qaddafi Son Warns of 'Rivers of Blood' as Libya Revolt Spreads -- SFGate/Bloomberg
Libya protests: Col Gaddafi under mounting pressure -- BBC
Libya protests spread as barrier of fear crumbles -- Christian Science Monitor
Burning Through The Night -- The Daily Dish/The Atlantic
Libyan Muslim leaders order followers to rebel -- Reuters

Libya: 'vicious repression is appalling', says David Cameron -- The Telegraph
Libya updates: U.S. keeping tabs on Libya -- CNN
State Dept.: US 'gravely concerned' about Libya -- Washington Post
U.S. deplores violence in Libya -- Washington Times
US strongly condemns 'lethal force' in Libya -- Ahram Online/AFP
Obama seeking reform in Libya, official says -- CNN

Libya: BP Evacuates Workers Amid Unrest -- SKY News
EU, oil companies prepare Libya evacuations -- Myway News/AP

Libya's oil wealth not trickling down -- Robert Plummer, BBC
What next for the 'Mad Dog' of Libya? -- Al Jazeera
Gaddafi will not survive protests: Sahad -- ABC News (Australia)
Libya and the Qaddafis -- Amy Davidson, New Yorker
Libya protests analysis: 'For Muammar Gaddafi it's kill or be killed' -- Ian Black, The Guardian
Is this Libya's new revolution? -- Dirk Vandewalle, CNN




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