"Don''t shoot, don''t shoot" were the last words of the 69-year-old slain Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi who was known for savage killing of dissidents during his reign of 42 years in the North African country. Gaddafi pleaded for mercy when rebels captured him while he was trying to flee from a drain where he was hiding in Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after the regime fell in August. ...

Gaddafi has reportedly died from wounds in his head and legs in his home town of Sirte. It was unclear whether he was hit in a Nato air strike on a convoy fleeing Sirte, a firefight on the ground, or in concrete tunnels in the town itself. ...

Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam said in remarks broadcast on Wednesday that his father was doing well. ...

According to the Algerian foreign ministry, Muammar Gaddafi's second wife, two of his sons and his daughter are presently in Algeria. ...

According to Libyan rebels, Muammar Gaddafi’s forces used civilians as human shields in an attempt to block opposition fighters from taking Sirte, one of the last remaining loyalist strongholds. ...

Around 1,000 rebels have attacked buildings in Muammar Gaddafi's last major stronghold in the Libyan capital Tripoli. ...