Libya: Rebels Take Control Of Capital

English translation of an SMS message circulating widely throughout Libya right now, as rebel forces and anti-Gaddafhi protestors take over "Green Square," renaming it "Martyr Square":

Libya: Rebels take control of capital

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Libya: Don’t Shoot, We’re Tv

Image: REUTERS/Paul Hackett. In Libya today, the Gaddafhi regime appears to be crumbling. Members of the media mark white flags with TV initials at the Rixos hotel in Tripoli, Libya, August 21, 2011. Heavy gunfire rang out near the Tripoli hotel where members of the foreign media are staying, a Reuters correspondent at the hotel said on Sunday. According to various sources on Twitter right now, most government security and minders have abandoned the Rixos. Matthew Chance of CNN just said that at least one Gaddafhi gunman with a green bandana is in the hotel lobby. International journalists are trapped on an upper floor.

Libya: Don’t shoot, we’re TV

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Week In Review: In Libya, Delusion Makes A Last Stand

As bombs rain down, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi plays chess with a believer in aliens. In the souk, people yearn aloud for his passing.

Week in Review: In Libya, Delusion Makes a Last Stand

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