Libyan rebels capture Gaddafi compound

NALUT, Libya - Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2011 shows a street in Nalut, which has become a ghost town, in western Libya near the border with Tunisia. Libyan rebels said the same day they have captured the Bab al-Azizya area in Tripoli, the government's stronghold which houses the fortified compound of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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