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Tripoli fighting flares up again!

Fighting has flared in two key areas of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, for a third day as rebel fighters battle forces loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi.

Gunfire and explosions have been heard near a hotel held by government troops, as well as the area around the Libyan leader's Bab al-Aziziya compound.

Overnight, Col Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam appeared in public, disproving reports that he had been captured.

He insisted the government had "broken the backbone" of the rebel offensive.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14630702

Note: Update Record,23 August 2011 Last updated at 12:42 GMT

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Libya Crisis: Inside the Rixos Hotel

A "desperate situation" is developing at Tripoli's Rixos hotel, according to BBC correspondent Matthew Price, who is now trapped there along with some 35 other journalists and foreign nationals.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14648330