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Libya: Explosions heard in Tripoli, NATO raids on Nalyut
AFP
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Fired ammunition lays on the ground near Libyan army tanks destroyed by NATO air strikes some kilometers before the east front line with Moammar Gadhafi forces, 25 km, 16 miles, from Misrata, Libya, Wednesday, May 25, 2011.AP Photo
Fired ammunition lays on the ground near Libyan army tanks destroyed by NATO air strikes some kilometers before the east front line with Moammar Gadhafi forces, 25 km, 16 miles, from Misrata, Libya, Wednesday, May 25, 2011.AP Photo

The blasts were heard at midnight yesterday near the centre of the capital, but the exact target could not be determined, an AFP journalist said. Warplanes continued to fly over the city.

The official Libyan news agency said earlier that NATO raids targeted "civilian and military sites" in Nalyut, 230 kilometres (145 miles) west of Tripoli in the mountainous Jebel Nafussa region where there has been weeks of fighting between rebels and forces of Muammar Gaddafi's regime.

Six powerful explosions struck late on Tuesday near Gaddafi's residence in Tripoli, targeted a day earlier by intensive NATO air strikes, an AFP journalist said.

The regime said those strikes claimed three lives and wounded 150 people.

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(Published 26 May 2011, 09:11 IST)