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Anti-Gadhafi forces in Libya are consolidating1 their hold on the capital and other parts of the country even as pro-Gadhafi fighters put up fierce resistance. Recent developments have given many Libyans who had fled the fighting hope that it is safe to return home.
Opposition2 forces now claim to control 90 percent of Libya, but their ultimate prize, the capture of Moammar Gadhafi, remains3 elusive4.
Pro-Gadhafi forces fired mortar5 rounds into the now-rebel held Bab al-Aziziya compound, Colonel Gadhafi's former Tripoli headquarters. Opposition leaders say thei forces have arrested several government fighters still inside the complex , but that there was no sign of any members of the Gadhafi family.
Heavy fighting continued Wednesday around Tripoli's airport, which the opposition says is in its hands. Several rockets hit the airport tarmac and the fighting delayed plans to re-open the facility.
The opposition Transitional National Council (TNC) it is moving some of its ministries6 from Benghazi in the east, to the capital. The TNC head, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, also announced that elections will be held in eight months.
And speaking of what he hoped would be Gadhafi's eventual7 capture, Jalil said the council wants him tried in Libya, not sent to the International Criminal Court in Holland.
Colonel Gadhafi is wanted by the ICC on war crimes charges. An international trial was initially8 welcomed by the rebel council and by TNC allies as a way to avoid acts of revenge.
Western powers continue to call on both sides to show restraint and act in a spirit of reconciliation9. But there was no such sentiment from Gadhafi.
An audio message said to be from Gadhafi called on the residents of Tripoli to clear the city of what he called criminals, traitors10 and rats. His spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, also struck a defiant11 tone, saying the "traitors" would face a "volcano of lava12."
But the mood in western Libya indicates most here consider the Gadhafi era over. Families who had fled the fighting began returning to their homes in areas closer to Tripoli, with children hanging out of car windows waving the rebel flag. The region, from which rebels launched their lightening strike against the capital over the weekend, is now trying to right itself after six months of conflict.
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1 consolidating | |
v.(使)巩固, (使)加强( consolidate的现在分词 );(使)合并 | |
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2 opposition | |
n.反对,敌对 | |
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3 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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4 elusive | |
adj.难以表达(捉摸)的;令人困惑的;逃避的 | |
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5 mortar | |
n.灰浆,灰泥;迫击炮;v.把…用灰浆涂接合 | |
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6 ministries | |
(政府的)部( ministry的名词复数 ); 神职; 牧师职位; 神职任期 | |
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adj.最后的,结局的,最终的 | |
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adv.最初,开始 | |
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9 reconciliation | |
n.和解,和谐,一致 | |
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10 traitors | |
卖国贼( traitor的名词复数 ); 叛徒; 背叛者; 背信弃义的人 | |
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11 defiant | |
adj.无礼的,挑战的 | |
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12 lava | |
n.熔岩,火山岩 | |
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