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Rebels rest after clashes with pro-Gadaffi forces. Associated Press

Rebels make fresh advances against Gaddafi forces

The fighters forced government troops to retreat from the town of Kikla, about 150km southwest of the capital.

PRO-DEMOCRACY FIGHTERS made fresh advances in both the east and the west of Libya and gained vital ground against forces loyal to the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, Aljazeera has reported.

NATO earlier resumed bombing of the Libyan capital Tripoli with most strikes hitting the east of the city.

Libyan state TV said the bombings had struck military and civilian targets in Firnag, one of the biggest neighbourhoods in Tripoli, and Ain Zara.

In the west of the country, the fighters forced government troops into retreat from the town of Kikla, about 150km southwest of the capital.

The Tripoli Post reported that the rebels tried to recapture the oil town of Brega – which could help them to extend their control over the region.

The  rebellion aimed at toppling Libyan leader Gaddafi from power after more than 40 years has been raging for four months.

Read more: Gaddafi’s son given 1,000-ticket allocation for London Olympics >

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    Mute Morning Gus
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    Apr 29th 2020, 10:18 PM

    3/10 – I must have been too scared to look.

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    Mute Gerard Moroney
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    Apr 29th 2020, 10:26 PM

    @Morning Gus: 3/10 also..

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    Mute Stephen
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    Apr 30th 2020, 12:25 AM

    Am I right in saying wrong photo with Q1?

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    Mute XvSv
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    Apr 30th 2020, 3:10 AM

    @Stephen: ….well the photo shows James Stewart alright , but you are certainly correct it has nothing to do with the Hitchcock movie Rear Window….

    This photo seems to from that other James Stewart classic its A Wonderful Life….

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    Apr 30th 2020, 11:18 AM

    @Stephen: Am I right in saying you got in wrong?

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    Mute Thomas Corrigan
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    Apr 29th 2020, 11:14 PM

    9/10 the money in psycho. 40000 a lot in 1960

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    Apr 29th 2020, 11:46 PM

    @Thomas Corrigan: Can play on your mind tho’.

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    Apr 30th 2020, 12:49 AM

    @Thomas Corrigan: same here. I guessed 30k

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    Mute Lee Lindsay
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    Apr 30th 2020, 3:02 AM

    @Thomas Corrigan: I was torn between 20k and 40k, guessed wrong. Ruined a perfect ten

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    Apr 29th 2020, 10:16 PM

    Yay clever cat 8/10.

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    Apr 30th 2020, 2:30 PM

    Thought I knew more!

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    Apr 29th 2020, 11:12 PM

    6 out of 10 guesses…delighted.

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    Apr 30th 2020, 10:05 AM

    7 out of 10 myself.

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    Apr 30th 2020, 11:07 AM

    @Colm Lambert: Yep. Same for me. Was actually surprised I did so well.

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    May 1st 2020, 7:48 AM

    9/10, although that does include a couple of lucky guesses

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