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Libyan fighters perform a prayer on the last day of the fasting month of Ramadan [AFP]

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Muammar Gaddafi loyalists are ambushed while on a reconnaissance mission, by Libya freedom fighters at a checkpoint.
This Al Jazeera Exclusive footage gives an inside view of the struggle as the fighters push towards Sirte, the last stronghold of Gaddafi.

Tags Al Jazeera Exclusive, Muammar Gaddafi, Tripoli, Video, violence

1 hour 16 min ago - Libya

A man inspects a vehicle belonging to troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi and destroyed by NATO bombings in Al-Noflea, near the city of Sirte, 450 km west of Benghazi, August 29, 2011.
The first Eid al-Fitr, the great feast that closes the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, to be celebrated by Libyans after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi is marked by a shortage of everything from water to money. [Reuters]

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1 hour 25 min ago - Libya

Libyan children clean their residential area in Tripoli August 29, 2011. [Reuters]

Tags Libya in Images, Muammar Gaddafi, Tripoli

1 hour 56 min ago - Libya

Al Jazeera's Evan Hill tweets:

evanchill#Tripoli looks and sounds more alive tonight than at any time in the past six days I've been here. Less happy fire from Martyrs Square too.

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Citizens of Tripoli celebrate in Green Square on Monday. Libyans plan to hold Eid celebrations on Wednesday. [Image by Reuters]

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AP - Libyan rebels may be indiscriminately killing black people because they have confused innocent migrant workers with mercenaries, the chairman of the African Union said.
"NTC seems to confuse black people with mercenaries,'' AU chairman Jean Ping said Monday, referring to the rebels' National Transitional Council.
"All blacks are mercenaries. If you do that, it means (that the) one-third of the population of Libya, which is black, is also mercenaries. They are killing people, normal workers, mistreating them.''
He added: "Maybe it's looters, uncontrolled forces. But then the government should say something, condemn this. We want to see a signal that the African workers that are there, they should be evacuated.''
Ping's comments follow concerns from international rights groups about beatings and detentions of immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa.
REUTERS - Libya's rebel leaders should look to retrieve frozen assets and revive the country's oil industry to finance its reconstruction rather than rely on aid from abroad, the US State Department said on Monday.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend a meeting in Paris on Thursday which will mark a shift in international support for Libya's rebels to long-term goals from the short-term objective of toppling Gaddafi, said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.
"The days and weeks ahead will be critical for the Libyan people, and the United States and its partners will continue to move quickly and decisively to help the (rebels) and address the needs of the Libyan people," she said.
"The first priority is to get the Libyan people's money back to their governing authority and to them," Nuland said.
"They are themselves very interested in getting the oil flowing again, the gas flowing again. It's a rich country. They want to support themselves, so let's start with getting their money back to them and getting the economy back on track."

Tags assets, Oil, Reconstruction, US

4 hours 33 min ago - Libya

In Tripoli, many foreign workers say thay are being assaulted and illegally detained.
Some are accused of being Muammar Gaddafi supporters and mercenaries.
Others live in makeshift camps, hiding from men with weapons, without knowing whether their attackers are Gaddafi's loyalists or rebel fighters.
Al Jazeera's James Bays has this exclusive report
Thousands of African migrants are stranded in squatter camps in the Libyan capital Tripoli, where they suffer from squalid conditions and alleged brutalities, including rape.

Al Jazeera's Evan Hill took these photographs. Follow him on Twitter: @evanchill

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5 hours 20 min ago - Libya

A leaked document apparently detailing the UN's preparations for its role in post-Gaddafi Libya reveals plans for the world body to deploy military observers and police officers to the country. The document was obtained and published by Inner City Press, the UN watchdog website.
Al Jazeera spoke to Matthew Russell Lee, a journalist who runs the Inner City Press: