UPDATE: Libyan officials confirm Gadhafi killed

Thursday, October 20, 2011 | 7:53 a.m. CDT; updated 11:17 a.m. CDT, Thursday, October 20, 2011

SIRTE, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he was ousted by rebels in a bloody civil war, was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after the regime fell.

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