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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Libya rebels forced to retreat from Gaddafi firepower

Libya, Ajdabiya: Libyan men look at a reconnaissance plane circling above Ajdabiya
Libyan men look at a reconnaissance plane circling above Ajdabiya Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images
Libya, Ajdabiya: Worker scrapes a car after a bomb was dropped at a checkpoint in Ajdabiya
A Libyan hospital worker inside the car of a man killed when a bomb was dropped at a checkpoint in Ajdabiya Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images
Libya, Ajdabiya: Wounded rebel fighter who was wounded during clashes at Ajdabiya
A bloody keffiyah is seen on the floor of a hospital as medics tend to a wounded rebel fighter Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images
Libya, Ajdabiya: A rebel fighter cleans the ammunition rounds in Ajdabiya
A rebel fighter cleans the ammunition rounds of an anti-aircraft weapon in Ajdabiya Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
Libya, Ajdabiya: A rebel fighter walks with his rocket propelled grenade (RPG) in Ajdabiya
A rebel fighter walks with his rocket propelled grenade in Ajdabiya Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
Libya, Ajdabiya: Rebel fighters flee in Ajdabiya
Rebel fighters flee in Ajdabiya Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
Libya, Ajdabiya: A rebel fires gun as he flees with other rebel fighters from Ajdabiya
A rebel fighter fires gun as he flees in a convoy from Ajdabiya Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
Libya, Ajdabiya: Recruits during a training session at a base in Benghazi
Volunteer recruits are seen through the barrel of a rocket launcher during a training session at a base in Benghazi Photograph: Finbarr O'reilly/Reuters
Libya, Ajdabiya: A Libyan rebel drives his tank to the frontline in Ajdabiya
A Libyan rebel drives his tank to the frontline in Ajdabiya Photograph: Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images
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