Anti-regime activists planned a giant rally in Tripoli Friday as Libyan army colonels who defected plotted to end Moammar Gadhafi's crumbling 41-year reign.
The unrest in Libya started as a series of protests, but was met by a fierce security crackdown.
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Protesters cheered as they waved flags and chanted in front of the High Court in Benghazi. Elsewhere in Libya, fighting intensified between antigovernment militias and mercenary and other forces.
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Across Libya, protesters are still calling for Muammar Gaddafi to leave.
More than 200 anti-government protesters were killed during the last few days of violence in the Libyan city of Benghazi.
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“It is too late. I don’t think anyone is prepared to listen to Qaddafi anymore.... It is the whole country in an uprising.” ~ Lybian
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