Moammar Gadhafi is dead. The man who ruled Libya as a dictator for 42 years, until he was pushed out this year by rebels in a bloody civil war, was killed as revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown.
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In this October 1969 file photo, Col. Moammar Gadhafi, left, appears with Egypt's Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser, right, during his first official visit to Egypt after a military coup in Libya.