Battle for Tripoli, ongoing conflict in Libya

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Martyrs' Square

( Mahmud Turkia / AFP / Getty Images / August 23, 2011 )

Libyans hold a large pre-1969 national flag, the banner adopted by rebel forces, as they celebrate in the newly renamed Martyrs' Square, formerly known as Green Square, after rebel forces overran Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi's headquarters in Tripoli.

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