TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan rebels announced a move to govern the country from Tripoli as they battled pockets of loyalists in their hunt for fugitive strongman Muammar Gaddafi, who taunted them from his hiding place. Rebel fighters scout for snipers in the final push to flush out Muammar Gaddafi’s forces in Abu Slim in Tripoli August 25, 2011. F(REUTERS/Anis Mili) Rumours of Gaddafi or his sons being cornered or sighted, swirled among excitable rebel fighters engaged in heavy machinegun and rocket exchanges. But even after his compound was overrun on Tuesday, hopes of a swift end to six months of war were still being frustrated by fierce rearguard actions. Western powers have demanded…
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