Fighters loosen loyalist grip on Gaddafi's hometown
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Sniper fire flashed out from the defenders of Muammar Gaddafi's hometown Sirte as fighters loyal to the new government seized the airport and ripped down billboards of the fugitive former leader.
Hundreds of soldiers rode into the battle on tanks or pick-ups mounted with guns but by nightfall, pockets of Gaddafi loyalists were still resisting from within the city on Libya's central Mediterranean coast. (Reuters)
