COLUMBIA — Ahmed El-Tayash said his wife, Fatima Bendardarf, woke him up Thursday morning. "She scared me because she was screaming, 'Gadhafi is dead!' We have been waiting for that news for 42 years."
Libyans in Columbia celebrate Gadhafi's death
Thursday, October 20, 2011 | 8:27 p.m. CDT;
updated 10:32 p.m. CDT, Thursday, October 20, 2011
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