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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/libyan-protesters-standing-firm.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Protests in cities across Libya have attracted thousands of people" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-libyan-protesters-standing-firm.jpg" alt="Protests in cities across Libya have attracted thousands of people"/></a></p>
<p>Libya is in chaos with anti-government protesters fiercely refusing to be cowed by threats amid rumours that leader Muammar Gaddafi had fled the country.</p>
<p>Only hours after one of Gaddafi&#8217;s sons went on national television to warn that the regime would fight &#8220;to the last bullet&#8221; fresh demonstrations are planned for the capital Tripoli.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, there were celebrations in the country&#8217;s second city of Benghazi as rebels claimed to have won control after bloody fighting.</p>
<p>And as reports came in that military planes had attacked civilians in Tripoli, two senior air force officers flew their jet fighters to Malta and asked for political asylum.</p>
<p>The two Mirage pilots, both colonels, were allowed to land after they radioed they had left a base near Tripoli and had flown low to avoid detection.</p>
<p>Back in Tripoli the new protests were likely to bring another round of violence after a similar march the night before prompted clashes that lasted until dawn, with snipers firing on protesters.</p>
<p>The People&#8217;s Hall, the main building for government gatherings where the country&#8217;s equivalent of a parliament holds its sessions several times a year, was set on fire.</p>
<p>The first major sign of discontent in Gaddafi&#8217;s government came with the resignation of justice minister Mustafa Abdel-Jalil over the &#8220;excessive use of force against unarmed protesters&#8221;.</p>
<p>The capital was largely shut down, with schools, government offices and most shops closed, as armed members of pro-government organisations called &#8220;Revolutionary Committees&#8221; circulated in the streets hunting for protesters.</p>
<p>The protests and violence are the heaviest yet in the capital of two million people, a sign of how unrest is spreading after six days of demonstrations in eastern cities demanding the end of Gaddafi&#8217;s rule.</p>
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