Moammar Gaddafi has ruled Libya for more than 40 years. Now, he is strongly rejecting opposition demands that he give up power, as anti-government demonstrators ...

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi Arabic: ... They maintained the previous administration's ban on political parties, and ruled by decree

Moammar Gaddafi has ruled Libya for more than 40 years. Now, he is strongly rejecting opposition demands that he give up power, as anti-government ...

their own destiny in a new and democratic Libya. For four decades. Gadhafi regime ruled the Libyan people -- have an iron fist. Basic human rights were -- Innocent ...

Protests across the Middle East have spread to Libya, where Col. Moammar Gaddafi has ruled the country for more than four decades. NPR's Loren Jenkins ...

... having ruled Libya since he toppled King Idris I in a bloodless coup at the age of 27. ... Col Gaddafi has retained absolute, authoritarian control.

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Moammar Gadhafi ruled Libya with an iron fist for more than four decades. He was an unpredictable, often brutal leader with a grand vision of himself.