The fall of a dictator

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21 May 2012, 12:25 pm

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This image made available by the Al Jazeera television channel claims to show Moammer Gaddafi after he was killed. PTI

Former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi found alive and surrounded by revolutionary fighters, before he was killed in Libya. AP

Former Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi found alive and surrounded by revolutionary fighters, before he was killed in Libya. AP

The Libyan dictator ruled for 42 years until he was ousted in an uprising-turned-civil war. (PTI file photo of Gaddafi)

Libya's National Transitional Council Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril confirms the death of Moammar Gaddafi in Tripoli. PTI

Revolutionary fighters celebrate the capture of Sirte, Libya. AP

Libyan Americans celebrate in front of the White House in Washington. AP

Revolutionary fighters claim to be the body of Muatassim Gaddafi, son of Moammar Gaddafi, in a house on the outskirts of Misrata, Libya. AP

A Libyan former rebel fighter kicks a graffiti depicting Moammar Gaddafi with the words in Arabic reading,

A Pakistani reads a newspaper with the front page featuring a photo and story of Moammar Gaddafi which rightly, says 'It's over'. AP

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