Libya Declares Liberation

• Libya declared free, but Gaddafi death questioned

  Libya's interim rulers declared the country liberated on Sunday after an 8-month civil war, launching the oil-rich nation on what is meant to be a two-year transition to democracy. But they laid out plans with an Islamist tone that could rattle their Western backers. The circumstances of Gaddafi's death remain unclear. In separate accounts late Su...

• Libya's transitional leader declares liberation

  Libya's transitional leader has declared liberation of the country, three days after the death of its leader of four decades, Moammar Gaddafi.

• Libyan doctors say Gaddafi died of shot to head

  An autopsy confirmed that Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi died from a gunshot to the head, the country's chief pathologist said today, just hours before Libya's new leaders were to declare liberation and a formal end to an eight-month civil war to topple the longtime ruler's regime.

• Libya to declare liberation today amid hopes for democracy

  Libya's new leaders will declare liberation on Sunday, officials said, a move that will start the clock for elections after months of bloodshed that culminated in the death of long-time dictator Moammar Gaddafi.