SLIDESHOW: Protesters gather at Speakers Circle in support of Libya
February 23, 2011 | 7:49 p.m. CST
Columbia residents and students gathered on Wednesday to join with opposition protesters of Libya. The protesters met in Speakers Circle with signs and flags, yelling chants against the Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Gadhafi. They then marched to City Hall to continue their rally. More than 200 people are estimated to have been killed in clashes after some of the bloodiest days in Libya's modern history. The people were killed in clashes with security forces as unrest spread in Libya. Reports came streaming in of protesters setting fire to a government building in Libya's capital and ransacking state TV headquarters.
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