Guardian of London
Foreign Affairs Editor for the Guardian, based in Tripoli, Libya
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Peter Beaumont
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FROM Peter Beaumont
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Gadhafi Forces Score Key Victories against Rebels Rumors that Moammar Gadhafi was negotiating to leave Libya have been shot down as a distraction while Libyan forces conduct devastating attacks on Zawiyah, a city just 30 miles from Tripoli, where Gadhafi has total control. We update the situation in Libya with Peter Beaumont and Julian Borger of the Guardian.
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