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Picture: ALEXANDER JOE/ AFP PHOTO Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is flanked by his female bodyguard (L) as he arrives for lunch with other African and European leaders at the EU-African summit in Cairo 04 April 2000. Kadhafi 's personal guard, ...
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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi wipes his brow during a news conference at Al Azizia in Tripoli in this August 20, 1990 file photo. Picture:
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (L) and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi stand at attention to the national anthems at Kubba Presidential Palace in Cairo in this February 13, 1991 file photo. Picture:
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) laughs as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak jokes with photographers at the Egyptian border town of Sidi Barrani in this April 21, 1992 file photo. Picture:
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is flanked by his female bodyguard (L) as he arrives for lunch with other African and European leaders at the EU-African summit in Cairo 04 April 2000. Kadhafi 's personal guard, who declined to give her name, told AFP she is 'very proud' to be the only female armed escort for any of the 60-odd leaders at the summit. She has served as Kadhafi 's personal bodyguard for 10 years. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE)
South African former President Nelson Mandela (2D-R) flanked by Burundian President Pierre Boyaya (L) Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi (2D-L) and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (R) addresses the media 08 July 2001, in Lusaka. Rival political groups in Burundi have agreed to split the presidency of the central African country during a three-year transition period, chief peace mediator Nelson Mandela announced Sunday.Picture:
Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) shakes hands with Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi 25 March 2004 at the start of their meeting in a tent on the outskirts of Tripoli. Blair arrived for landmark talks with Gaddafi amid warming ties between Tripoli and the West, as their countries prepared to sign a gas contract. On the first visit to Libya by a British prime minister since the country gained independence in 1951, Blair pledged to offer a 'hand in partnership' to Libya following its decision to renounce weapons of mass destruction. The visit marks the most visible sign yet of Libya's return to the international fold after agreeing in December to give up its programs to develop banned weaponry. Picture:
South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki (R) poses for photographers with Libya's Leader Muammar Gaddafi after receiving the 'Medal of Honor' during a dinner in Sirte, Libya, February 27, 2004. The leaders of 53 African Nations met in Gaddafi 's home town Sirte at the Second Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union . The Summit ends on Saturday. Picture:
Muammar Gaddafi of Libia, King Mswati of Swaziland, President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki and Jose Edurdo Dos Santos of Angola during the AU conference in Maputo, Mozambique. Picture:
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi walks past a painting in the office of European Commission President Romano Prodi in Brussels in this April 27, 2004 file photo. Picture:
Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi (R) greets Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as he arrives at Chigi palace in Rome in this June 10, 2009 file photo. Berlusconi urged Gaddafi on August 22, 2011 to end "useless resistance" and called on rebels who have swept into Tripoli to avoid reprisals. Picture:
Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Food Security Summit in Rome in this November 16, 2009 file photo. Picture:
President Jacob Zuma walks beside Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi on Zuma ?s state visit to Libya last year. Picture: ELMOND JIYANE.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi attends a ceremony marking the birth of Islam's Prophet Mohammed in Tripoli in this February 13, 2011. Picture:
Muammar Gaddafi's rule in Libya began in 1969 when he deposed King Idris in a military coup. Gaddafi is the longest serving ruler in the Arab world.
Save & Share EmailPrintMuammar Gaddafi's 42 years of rule in Libya appears to be coming to an end. According to Reuters, Libyan government tanks and snipers put up scattered, last-ditch resistance in Tripoli on August 22, 2011 after rebels swept into the heart of the capital.
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