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Galia Mohamed, 62, chant anti-Moammar Gadhafi slogans during Friday Prayer in Benghazi, Libya, May 13, 2011. Galia's son, Manson Hamad, was murdered in Bosalen prison by Moammar Gadhafi security forces in 1996. According to relatives and human rights organizations, 1200 political prisoners were massacred and the corpses disappeared.
More news from Libya. More photos from Libya in our slideshow.
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Comrades mourn the death of Hussein Saad Al Awami, a rebel fighter who was killed Monday during fighting against Moammar Gadhafi troops, during his funeral in Benghazi, Libya, Tuesday, May 10.
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Rebel fighters fire their guns into the air during the burial of Saad Al Awami in Benghazi on Tuesday.
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Men carry the coffin of Hussein Saad Al Awami during his funeral in Benghazi on Tuesday.
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A man kisses the tomb of Hussein Saad Al Awami following his funeral in Benghazi on Tuesday.
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Reuters reports: A ship carrying 1,138 people evacuated from the besieged Libyan city of Misrata, including dozens of wounded, arrived in rebel-held Benghazi early on Thursday, the International Organization for Migration said.
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A wounded youth evacuated from the besieged Libyan city of Misrata waits for an ambulance inside a ship after it docked at the port in Benghazi on May 5.
The Red Star One defied deadly shell fire to rescue African and Asian migrant workers from Misrata port on Wednesday, but was forced to leave behind hundreds of Libyans desperate to flee the fighting. Continue reading.
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A doctor attends to a wounded man evacuated from the besieged Libyan city of Misrata on May 5, as a ship carrying migrants and civilian casualties from Misrata docked in the port of the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
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A Libyan woman evacuated from Misrata is greeted by wellwishers as she gets off a ship in Benghazi on May 5.
The terrifying scenes in Misrata, which we reported on PhotoBlog yesterday, were captured in this report from Britain's Channel 4 News:
Moammar Gadhafi's forces are targeting civilians trying to flee Misrata, bombarding the port city, while a humanitarian rescue ship sits off shore waiting for the shelling to stop. Channel 4's Alex Thomson reports.
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Libyan rebel fighters and their supporters hoist a former Libyan monarchy flag, which has been adopted by the Libyan revolution, at the city square in Libya's eastern city Benghazi on Wednesday, May 4.
More photos from Libya on PhotoBlog here.
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Volunteer fighters training at a rebel army training camp in Benghazi, Libya on March 29. Media reports state that pro-government forces have intensified their attacks on Libyan rebels, driving them back tens of kilometres over ground they had taken in recent days.
Should coalition forces supply weapons to the rebels in Libya? Read about the debate and see more Libya images on PhotoBlog and in our slideshow.
What looks to be a pilot ejecting from the aircraft can be seen just above the jet. See more images from the unrest in Libya here.
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A Libyan jet crashes after being shot down in Benghazi on March 19, as Libya's rebel stronghold comes under attack, with at least two air strikes and sustained shelling of the city's south sending thick smoke into the sky.
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A Libyan jet crashes after being shot down in Benghazi on March 19, as Libya's rebel stronghold comes under attack, with at least two air strikes and sustained shelling of the city's south sending thick smoke into the sky.
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A Libyan jet crashes after being shot down in Benghazi on March 19, as Libya's rebel stronghold comes under attack, with at least two air strikes and sustained shelling of the city's south sending thick smoke into the sky.
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People burn pictures of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi inside the main prison of Gadhafi's forces in Benghazi on Monday, Feb. 28. Foreign powers accelerated efforts to help oust Gadhafi on Monday as rebels fought government forces trying to take back strategic coastal cities on either side of the capital Tripoli.
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A man walks inside the burnt main prison of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi's forces in Benghazi on Monday.
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An anti-government rebel stands in a prison used for detaining people at the main state security building, burnt by rebels in recent clashes with pro-government troops, in Benghazi, Feb. 28.
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A man checks the execution room inside the burnt main prison of Libyan Muammar Gadhafi's forces in Benghazi, Feb. 28.
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A man checks the burnt main prison of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi's forces in Benghazi, Feb. 28.
See more photos out of Libya here.
Large swathes of eastern Libya are now under rebel control, as well as several towns in the west.
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A young boy holds a toy gun while touring a destroyed army barracks with his father and siblings in Benghazi on Feb. 28.
In the opposition stronghold of Benghazi, politicians have set up their first leadership council in a step that could lead to an alternative to the regime. NBC's Richard Engel is reporting from there.
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A man stands next to the remains of a looted weapons depot at a destroyed army barrack in the eastern city of Benghazi on Feb. 28.
Rebels are also holding the city of Zawiya, only 30 miles west of Tripoli.
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An armed resident gestures a victory sign in the main square in Zawiya, 30 miles west of Tripoli, on Feb. 27. Hundreds of armed anti-government forces backed by military defectors in Zawiya, the city closest to the capital Tripoli, prepared Sunday to repel an expected offensive by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi who are surrounding the city
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A tribal rebel fires a rocket propelled grenade from a militia post on Feb. 27 in Ajdabiya, Libya. Rebel militia there whipped into a frenzy after rumors that government troops loyal to President Moammar Gadhafi were preparing an attack.
Click here to watch the latest report from NBC News reporter Jim Maceda in Tripoli.
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Residents riding in the back of a vehicle celebrate and display the victory sign in Benghazi, Libya on Monday, Feb. 21. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second largest city after bloody fighting.
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Residents stand on a tank inside a security forces compound in Benghazi on Feb. 21.
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Buildings at the entrance to a security forces compound are seen burning in Benghazi on Feb. 21.
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A girl sitting out of a vehicle window celebrates and displays the victory sign in Benghazi on Feb. 21.
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Residents and medical personnel at Al-Jalaa hospital in Benghazi on Feb. 21.
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Residents stand on a tank holding a pre-Gadhafi era national flag inside a security forces compound in Benghazi on Feb. 21.
Very few images have come out of Libya in the last few days, and many that have emerged have shown pro-government demonstrations rather than opposition protesters. These pictures were taken today in Benghazi, the country's second largest city, where the opposition has claimed control.
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