Colonel Gadhafi

"Colonel Gadhafi is history, " he said, adding that interim council's chairman or prime minister needs to officially confirm the death.

The proposal includes dialogue between Colonel Gadhafi and Libyan insurgents, supported by an Arab League fact-finding mission.

Rebels stomp proudly on torn-down posters of Colonel Gadhafi, even as many of the haphazard checkpoints around the capital stand unmanned.

Rebels had laid out a new welcome mat, the Colonel Gadhafi portrait that once graced the lobby wall.

Such talk has had little effect on rebel leaders, who maintain they will not settle for anything less than Colonel Gadhafi's departure.

Pro-Gadhafi forces fired mortar rounds into the now-rebel held Bab al-Aziziya compound, Colonel Gadhafi's former Tripoli headquarters.

Colonel Gadhafi sent a delegation to meet with African officials in Ethiopia on Friday.

A huge heroic poster of Colonel Gadhafi suddenly loomed from a building, untouched.

American planes attacked targets in Benghazi and Tripoli. Many people were killed, including the adopted daughter of Colonel Gadhafi.

Colonel Gadhafi has declared a cease-fire before, but his forces continue to fight.

He called Colonel Gadhafi "the mad dog of the Middle East. "

But beyond his personal wealth, the government of Colonel Gadhafi also invested heavily in East Africa.

Many people were killed, including the adopted daughter of Colonel Gadhafi.

Rebel leaders, for their part, claimed that Colonel Gadhafi is "giving out money to encourage rebel fighters to change sides. "