April 26, 2011 8:18 PM

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Gaddafi unharmed after NATO air strikes: Libyan govt

The Libyan government on Tuesday said Col. Muammar Gaddafi was unharmed in NATO's heaviest attack on his compound. Gaddafi was shown by the state television meeting people in a tent as his son Saif ul-Islam said the Libyan government would not be cowed down.A Libyan government spokesman said, the leader is in a safe place and is working from Tripoli. He claimed that at least three people were killed and 45 wounded when three bombs landed on Gaddafi's compound. A meeting room facing Gaddafi's office apparently scored a direct hit in the air attack and was badly damaged. Ahead of the bombardments, Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim had announced the army had halted operations against the rebels, but not withdrawn from Misurata, 215 km east of Tripoli. Nearly 60 people have been killed in the city in the last three days. Gaddafi's forces bombarded the western city of Misurata with rockets, giving the town no respite. Meanwhile, rebels in the city said they have pushed back Gaddafi's forces and inflicted significant losses on government forces in Misurata.

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