Muammar Gaddafi is dead, NTC says - Thursday 20 October 2011 8.45am: Welcome to Middle East Live. Here's a round up of the latest developments. Syria • The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 17 people were killed in Syria, including three teenage girls and a woman, while at least seven soldiers died in clashes with suspected army defectors, al-Jazeera reports. It said eight people were kille
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