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	October 20, 2011 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Gadhafi reported dead as loyalist fighters flee Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi reportedly has died of wounds sustained during his capture near the city of Sirte. Fighters loyal to the dictator fled earlier today from Gadhafi's home town after weeks of fierce fighting, marking the retreat of the last major resistance to the government of the interim National Transitional Council. 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