TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s interim government moved to calm its anxious fighters and offer stability on Sunday, announcing plans to draft thousands of the men who ousted Muammar Gaddafi into the police and find other jobs for the rest.

Though Tripoli has become noticeably calmer in recent days, with people drifting back to work, cars back on the roads and cafes and restaurants starting to do business again, there are still large numbers of armed men on the streets. Many more are still in brigades in other parts of the country.

NORTH OF BANI WALID/TRIPOLI, Libya, Sept 4 (Reuters) -
Libya’s interim council said it hoped to seize one of Muammar
Gaddafi’s last strongholds without resistance on Sunday as it
tries to control the entire country and restore normality.

Outside the pro-Gaddafi town of Bani Walid, a National
Transitional Council (NTC) negotiator said talks were over.

NORTH OF BANI WALID/TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s interim council said it hoped to seize one of Muammar Gaddafi’s last strongholds without resistance on Sunday as it pursues its drive to assert control over the whole country.

Outside the pro-Gaddafi town of Bani Walid, a National Transitional Council (NTC) negotiator said talks were over.

TRIPOLI/MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s interim government said it was closing in on bastions of support for Muammar Gaddafi Saturday, although there were mixed signals of how quickly their forces were moving.

Although the head of the NATO-backed National Transitional Council (NTC) reaffirmed a week-long grace period for making terms to avoid bloodshed, anti-Gaddafi fighters besieging two important towns said they were ready to attack.

TRIPOLI/MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s provisional government said it was closing in on bastions of support for Muammar Gaddafi on Saturday and planned to resume oil production at key fields within days.

Offering Libyans some hope of an end to conflict and a more prosperous future after 42 years of Gaddafi’s personal rule, Ali Tarhouni, the interim oil minister said, during a news conference in Tripoli that he had been told by commanders that the pro-Gaddafi bastion of Bani Walid may have changed sides.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s new leadership reaffirmed its commitment to democracy on Friday and worked on its priorities for spending billions of dollars released from the frozen assets of fugitive strongman Muammar Gaddafi.

A day after international powers met in Paris and agreed to hand over more than $15 billion to the rebels who overthrew Gaddafi the European Union rescinded a range of sanctions and officials from the National Transitional Council explained their rebuilding plans.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – One young fighter accidentally shoots himself in the foot as others fire wildly in the air, while a truck narrowly misses bystanders as it careers past.

It’s a typical night of celebration for the men who overthrew Muammar Gaddafi.

TRIPOLI, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi urged his
supporters to fight on as world leaders freed up billions of
dollars to help Libya’s new rulers rebuild a nation torn by 42
years of one-man rule and six months of civil war.

“Let it be a long battle. We will fight from place to place,
from town to town, from valley to valley, from mountain to
mountain,” Gaddafi said in a message relayed by satellite TV on
the anniversary of the coup that brought him to power in 1969.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi, driven into hiding by his foes, on Thursday urged his supporters to fight on, even as Libya’s new interim rulers met world leaders to discuss reshaping a nation torn by 42 years of one-man rule and six months of war.

“Let it be a long battle. We will fight from place to place, from town to town, from valley to valley, from mountain to mountain,” Gaddafi said in his message.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The massed crowds that filled a central Tripoli square each September 1 to celebrate Muammar Gaddafi’s 1969 coup have vanished, replaced this year by tramps and men collecting spent bullet casings for scrap.

Called Green Square during Gaddafi’s brutal 42-year-rule, it was renamed Martyr’s Square to honour those killed during the uprising, when civilians took up arms on February 17 to face down tanks and warplanes to oust the authoritarian leader.