Explosions and gunfire rang out in Tripoli after dawn as opponents of Muammar Gaddafi rose up in the capital, declaring a final push to topple the Libyan leader after a six-month war reached the city’s outskirts. Gaddafi said in a message broadcast on state television that an assault by “rats” – his description of the rebels – had been repelled, while a senior rebel official said “zero hour” was approaching for the Libyan leader. At daybreak, more than 12 hours after the fighting first broke out, shooting could still be heard in the capital, though it was less heavy and sustained. A Reuters reporter at a hotel in the city centre said she could hear bursts of machine gun fire about every few…
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