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Libyans mark end of Gaddafi’s rule in Benghazi

Angry protests and mourning in Libya’s second largest city.

Agence France-Presse
NSNichole Sobecki

Mourners carry a coffin containing the body of a man killed in the recent clashes in Benghazi. More than 100 were killed here in days of fighting between Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and the opposition.

Nichole Sobecki

BENGHAZI, Libya – Libyans took to the streets to mark the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi's rule in Benghazi. There were not joyous celebrations in the country's second largest city but mourning for those who died in the uprising and also angry protests against Gaddafi who remains in power in Tripoli.