Libya forces capture Sirte, hoist new National flag

Libyan interim government fighters captured Muammar Gaddafi's home town on Thursday, extinguishing the last significant holdout of resistance by troops loyal to the deposed leader and ending a two-month siege.

The capture of Sirte means Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) should now begin the task forging a new democratic system which it had said it would start after the city, built as a showpiece for Gaddafi's rule, had fallen.