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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Libyan government forces dropped bombs on four large oil storage tanks in the contested western city of Misrata, destroying the tanks and sparking a fire that spread to four more, a rebel spokesman said on Saturday.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's army fired volleys of rockets at the rebel-held town of Zintan in the Western Mountains, pressing on with a campaign that has created a humanitarian crisis and forced thousands to flee the country.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya said on Tuesday that Muammar Gaddafi had no personal money in Swiss bank accounts and that any cash held in the Alpine country belonged to the government's foreign investment arm.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence officials believe Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who has not been seen in public since a NATO missile attack reportedly killed his son, is still alive, CIA Director Leon Panetta told NBC television on Tuesday.

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PARIS (Reuters) - Securing financing for Libyan opposition rebels and facilitating contacts with defectors from Muammar Gaddafi's government will be the focus of Libya talks in Rome on Thursday, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said.

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China again urged an end to fighting in Libya on Monday, saying it has "always opposed" any action not authorised by the U.N. Security Council, after Libya said Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son and three grandchildren were killed in a NATO airstrike.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Crowds chanting support for Muammar Gaddafi gathered in Tripoli on Monday for the funeral of his son, killed in a NATO airstrike that has raised questions about the West's role in the uprising against the Libyan leader.

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DEHIBA, Tunisia (Reuters) - Refugees and artillery fire spilled into Tunisia from Libya on Sunday and witnesses spoke of more intense fighting over a key supply route for rebels trying to oust Muammar Gaddafi.

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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey said on Monday it was evacuating staff from its embassy in Tripoli after attacks by angry crowds on several European embassies in the Libyan capital following a NATO airstrike that killed a son of Muammar Gaddafi.

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Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's youngest son and three of his grandchildren are alleged to have been killed in a Nato air strike on Saturday in Tripoli.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi survived a NATO air strike on a Tripoli house that killed his youngest son Saif al-Arab and three young grandchildren, a government spokesman said on Sunday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Rebel chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil said on Sunday he felt "pain and sorrow" even for Muammar Gaddafi's family following a NATO air strike on his house in Tripoli, but blamed the Libyan leader for the violence.

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DEHIBA, Tunisia (Reuters) - Artillery fire from forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi landed in the Tunisian border town of Dehiba on Sunday, a Reuters correspondent in the town said.

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BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A NATO air strike destroyed 45 vehicles of Muammar Gaddafi's forces after they had killed at least five civilians in fighting in two east Libyan towns, an oil official and a rebel spokesman said on Sunday.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain cannot confirm reports that a son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed in a NATO air strike, junior Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt said on Sunday.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Shattered glass litters the carpet at the Libyan Down's Syndrome Society, and dust covers pictures of grinning children that adorn the hallway, thrown into darkness by a NATO strike early on Saturday.

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A defiant Moamer Kadhafi says he will not quit as Libyan leader, but is ready to hold talks with France and the United States.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Saturday he was ready for a ceasefire and negotiations provided NATO "stop its planes", but he refused to give up power as rebels and Western powers demand.

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO dismissed an offer from Muammar Gaddafi on Saturday for a ceasefire and negotiations, saying Western air strikes on government forces in Libya will continue as long as civilians are threatened.

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DEHIBA, Tunisia (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi fought a gun battle with Tunisian troops in a frontier town on Friday as Libya's conflict spilled over its borders.