Though Col. Moammar Gadhafi remains in hiding, two Libyan towns loyal to the deposed leader are holding out against rebel forces. Libya’s interim government, the NTC, said forces had made advances Sirte, Bani Walid, and several other small towns loyal to Gadhafi. Peter Biles, correspondent for the BBC, filed this report from Bani Walid.
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