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Chief of Libya's ex-rebels arrives in capital

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The chief of Libya's former rebels arrived in Tripoli on Saturday, greeted by a boisterous red carpet ceremony meant to show he's taking charge of the interim government replacing the ousted regime of Moammar Gaddafi.

  

Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of the anti-Gaddafi forces' National Transitional Council, landed Saturday at an air force base on the outskirts of Tripoli. Abdul-Jalil's arrival was meant to show that the former rebels are getting ready to establish their government in the capital. Until now, most of leaders of the anti-Gadhafi movement had been based in the eastern city of Benghazi. (AP)

 

 

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