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Smoke rises from an area on the outskirts of Sirte after NATO air strikes on Sept. 21. Libyan rebels claimed major advances in areas controlled by loyalists of the fugitive leader Moammar Gadhafi, as a mandate of NATO's military operations in the North African country was extended. Rebel commanders said their forces were in full control of Sabha in the country's desert south, and had tightened their grip on three entrances to Sirte, Gadhafi's hometown, on the Mediterranean coast. |