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Thousands of Libyans celebrate the second anniversary of the Libyan uprising at Martyrs' Square in Tripoli on Feb. 17, 2013.

Reuters reports — Thousands took to the streets on Sunday to celebrate two years since the start of Libya's revolution and a national political leader promised to end the sense of neglect experienced by Benghazi, the country's second city.

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Libyans release lanterns into the air at Nasr Square during the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in Benghazi on Feb 17.

One thousand kilometers east of the capital Tripoli, Benghazi was the cradle of the revolt that ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi, but many citizens feel that they are yet to see the fruits of their military struggle.

"I'm not here to celebrate; a revolution should be celebrated once its goals are fulfilled. In Benghazi we keep bringing up demands and nothing happens," Mohammed al-Shokri, 26, said. Read the full story.

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An uprising in Libya ousts dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

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A team of Libyan experts and military engineers dump fuel from expired SA-2 missiles under the supervision of the United Nations in Tripoli, Nov. 11. Experts were assigned to dump the toxic chemicals found in the air defense missiles left over from the former Gadhafi regime.

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Libyans celebrate one year since the country declared liberation from former dictator Muammar Gaddafi, at Martyrs Square in Tripoli, Libya, Oct. 23, 2012.

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Libyans celebrate one year since the country declared liberation from former dictator Muammar Gaddafi, at Martyrs Square in Tripoli, Libya, Oct. 23.

Reuters reports — The Libyan army and allied militias have seized control of strategic buildings in the former Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid, a military spokesman said on Tuesday, as Libya marked the first anniversary of its "liberation" from Muammar Gaddafi.

Thousands have fled the violence in the isolated hilltop town, which was one of the last to surrender to rebels last year, and has been at the center of a bloody standoff this month between rival militias whose ferocity has underscored the extent of instability in the North African country.

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Colonel Ali al-Shekhili said the army, which was backed by a group of militias known as "Libya's Shield" who are loyal to the defense ministry, had pushed into the center of Bani Walid some 170 km (105 miles) south of Tripoli. Full story…

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Libyans celebrate one year since the country declared liberation from former dictator Muammar Gaddafi, at Martyrs Square in Tripoli, Libya, Oct. 23.

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Libyan government fighters prepare ammunition before an advance towards the entrance to the town of Bani Walid, Libya, Oct. 23. Bani Walid is witnessing clashes between the army and some loyalists of the former Gaddafi regime. The Libyan army has seized most of the south-eastern town of Bani Walid, where it is pursuing a campaign against rogue militias, according to media reports from Oct. 22. The Libyan army launched a massive-scale attack on Bani Walid on Oct. 20 after a siege of more than two weeks.

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Libyan government fighters advance towards the town of Bani Walid, Libya, Oct. 23.

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Protests ignited by a controversial film that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad spread throughout Muslim world.

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A Libyan government militia guarding the main entrance of the U.S. consulate that was attacked last week, fixes a note written by Libyans against the attack, in Benghazi city on Sept. 18. An amateur video appears to show Libyans trying to rescue U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens from a room filled with smoke at the U.S. mission where he was found unconscious after last week's attack by a mob protesting against a film that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad. The poster on left reads, "No to extremism, no to terrorism in free Libya".

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Carry teams move flag draped transfer cases of the remains of the four Americans killed this week in Benghazi, Libya, from a transport plane. Sept. 14, at Andrews Air Force Base.

President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton travelled to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Friday to witness the ceremonial return of the remains of the four Americans killed in Benghazi, Libya, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.  The four died on Tuesday during an attack at the U.S. Consulate. 

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President Barack Obama and State Secretary Hillary Clinton bow during the transfer of remains ceremony for the four Americans killed in an attack this week in Benghazi, Libya, at the Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Sept. 14.

Secretary Clinton gave some personal information about each of the dead, saying Tyrone Woods had the “hands of a healer as well as the arms of a warrior.” He leaves behind a wife and three sons. Sean Smith was an expert in technology and leaves behind his wife and two young children. Glen Doherty was a former Navy Seal and paramedic who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

Obama remarked, “I know that this awful loss and terrible images of recent days, the pictures we’re seeing again today have caused some to question this work. And there’s no doubt these are difficult days. In moments such as this, so much anger and violence, even the most hopeful among us must wonder. Amid all the images this week, I also think of the Libyans who took to the streets with homemade signs expressing their gratitude to an American who believed in what we could achieve together.” The sign said, Chris Stevens was a friend to all Libyans.  He went on to say, “That America's a friend. And that we care not just about our own country, not just our own interests, but theirs.”

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President Barack Obama walks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton past the flag-draped transfer case of one of four Americans who died this week in Libya, during a transfer of remains ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base, Sept. 14.

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Protests ignited by a controversial film that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad spread throughout Muslim world.

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People stand near a burnt car at the U.S. consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen yesterday, in Benghazi on Sept. 12. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, and three embassy staff were killed as they rushed away from the consulate building, stormed by al Qaeda-linked gunmen blaming America for a film that they said insulted the Prophet Mohammad. Stevens was trying to leave the consulate building for a safer location as part of an evacuation when gunmen launched an intense attack, apparently forcing security personnel to withdraw.

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An interior view of the U.S. consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen yesterday, in Benghazi on Sept. 12.

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An exterior view of the U.S. consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen yesterday, in Benghazi on Sept. 12.

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An interior view of the damage at the U.S. consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen yesterday, in Benghazi on Sept. 12.

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U.S. envoy Chris Stevens attends meetings at the Tibesty Hotel where an African Union delegation was meeting with opposition leaders in Benghazi, Libya. Libyan officials say the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans have been killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi by protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

NBC News and wire reports -- The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed after protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Mohammad stormed the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.

President Barack Obama said in Washington that the U.S. condemned Tuesday's attack in the "strongest possible terms" and would work with the Libyan authorities to bring the killers to justice.

"Make no mistake. Justice will be done," he said.

Christopher Stevens was the first U.S. ambassador to be killed during an assignment since Adolph Dubs was slain in an exchange of gunfire during a kidnapping attempt in Afghanistan in 1979.

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U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement in response to the attack at the U.S. Consulate in Libya as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks on Sept. 12 at the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC.

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The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed after protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad stormed the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.

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A displaced Libyan Tawargha woman cries during an interview in a refugee camp at the outskirts of Benghazi on March 7, 2012.

By Manu Brabo, Associated Press

Outside Libya’s second largest city of Benghazi lies a camp of refugees. Some 40,000 ethnic Tawargha Africans were expelled from their homes in Tawergha, just south of Misrata, for allegedly collaborating in the killing and raping of Misratans and for helping Gadhafi's forces impose a tight siege on the city during the Libyan revolution. Some in the camp were responsible for the allegations, and some were not. Read more about Tawargha here

Photos were shot by Associated Press photographer Manu Brabo in March, but made available to msnbc.com on Wednesday.

A displaced Libyan Tawargha woman walks through a refugee camp in the outskirts of Benghazi on March 7, 2012.

Displaced Libyan Tawargha men pray at a mosque in a refugee camp at the outskirts of Benghazi, Libya on March 7, 2012.

A displaced Libyan Tawargha tobacco store owner works in a refugee camp at the outskirts of Benghazi on March 7, 2012.

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A Libyan woman votes at a polling station in the old city of Tripoli, July 7.

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Women wave to a helicopter during the National Assembly election at a polling station in Tripoli July 7. Libyans queued to vote in their first free national election in 60 years on Saturday, to choose a 200-member assembly.

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Libyan men hold their elections ID cards celebrating election day in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, July 7. Jubilant Libyan voters marked a major step toward democracy after decades of erratic one-man rule, casting their ballots Saturday in the first parliamentary election after last year's overthrow and killing of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi. But the joy was tempered by boycott calls, the burning of ballots and other violence in the country's restive east.

By msnbc.com news services:Libyans began voting in their first free national election in 60 years on Saturday, a poll designed to shake off the legacy of Moammar Gadhafi but which risks being hijacked by autonomy demands in the east and unrest in the desert south.

Voters will choose a 200-member assembly which will elect a prime minister and cabinet before laying the ground for full parliamentary elections next year under a new constitution.  Full story.

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A Libyan protester demanding greater representation throws torn ballots in the air outside a polling station in the eastern city of Benghazi on July 7. Hundreds of protesters burned ballots to demand greater representation although most residents of the Mediterranean city of Benghazi voted in historic elections vowing to build a new Libya.

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The headstone of A.J. M. Barbe, a soldier of pioneer corps who died Jan. 25, 1943 is seen broken at the Commonwealth Benghazi War Cemetery.

Graves of British soldiers who fought and died during the North African desert battles of WWII were recently desecrated by a mob of angry Libyans. Local reports claimed that Islamists, angered by the recent burning of a Quran at a NATO military base in Afghanistan, are to blame. Libya's national transitional government has apologized for the attacks and local authorities have detained several suspects.

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Libyan men carry coffins of victims, discovered in a mass grave, at a funeral in Benghazi, Libya on Monday. Thousands of mourners gathered Monday in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi to bury 155 bodies unearthed from a mass grave of people were killed during last year's civil war. It was the largest grave yet to be discovered from the conflict that began as a popular uprising and ended with the capture and killing of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi last October.

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A woman holding a picture of a missing relative cries during a funeral in Benghazi.

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Men pray around the coffins of dead rebel soldiers in Benghazi on Monday. The bodies of around 160 rebel soldiers were found in a mass grave in Bin Jawad, the site of fierce battles during last year's uprising.

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Libyan men bury bodies, discovered in a mass grave, at a funeral in Benghazi.

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A Libyan man prays for a relative, one of many discovered in a mass grave, at a funeral in Benghazi.

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A child points at pictures of people killed during last year's uprising.

AP reports that thousands of mourners attended the burial in Benghazi of the bodies found in the mass grave:

Forensic specialists with the government say most appear to have died from gunshot wounds and rocket strikes starting in March. Some were executed, while others were severely disfigured from rocket attacks, they said.

Benghazi resident Maher al-Maghrabi said the body of his 23 year-old brother, who was a rebel fighter, was among those found in the mass grave.

He expressed anger at Libya's new leaders for taking nearly three months to excavate the bodies from the mass grave, which was first discovered in December. The Ministry of Martyrs, Wounded and Missing Persons began digging up the bodies on Friday.

"They knew about this grave, and they should have worked quicker to excavate the bodies," he said. "This is unacceptable."

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Photojournalists Guy Martin, left, and Dominic Nahr take cover behind a wall as anti- and pro-government protesters throw stones during a clash near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Feb. 3, 2011.

The 27-year-old was in a group of photographers caught in a mortar attack in Misrata on April 20, 2011. Martin was seriously injured and two of his friends and colleagues, Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, were killed. 

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Martin's life was saved by doctors who then prepared him for a perilous evacuation by boat from the besieged city.

Ten months on and still recovering from his injuries, he spoke to NBC News. Watch the video below:

Martin had spent several months covering the Arab Spring, documenting the historic events in Egypt and moving on to the brutal civil war in Libya. His pictures documenting the unrest in Cairo's Tahrir Square have just gone on display in London. 

As well as the chaotic scenes of violence, Martin prides himself on capturing the quiet, contemplative moments that give some context to the historical moments he has witnessed.

"Despite the physical violence, the risk that we put ourselves in, you have a duty, a responsibility to come out of those situations with pictures, with strong images that communicate what was happening on the ground," he says.

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Rebel fighters moved from house to house, back street by back street to fire on Gadhafi's forces. Here a rebel soldier takes cover in a stairwell as he prepares to fire on Gadhafi loyalists in the adjacent room, just a few meters away. Tripoli Street, Misrata, Libya, April 20, 2011.

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Rebel fighters run across an intersection that was frequently targeted by sniper fire. Misrata, April 18, 2011.

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Rebel fighters takes cover behind trees on the strategically important Tripoli Street in Misrata during a fierce battle for control of the road on the morning of April 20, 2011. Hours later Guy Martin was seriously injured.

The Last Days of Mubarak, an exhibition by Guy Martin and Ivor Prickett, runs at London's Foto8 gallery until March 10. 

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