Oil Installations Ablaze in Libya As Battles Rage -- Gadhafi Forces Claim Victories in Fight

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RAS LANOUF, Libya - A yellow fireball shot into the sky, trailed by thick plumes of black smoke Wednesday after fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi set two oil installations ablaze and inflicted yet more damage on Libya's crippled energy industry.

In the west, Gadhafi claimed victory in recapturing Zawiya, the city closest to the capital that had fallen into opposition hands. The claim could not immediately be verified; phone lines there have not been working during a deadly, six-day siege.

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Oil Installations Ablaze in Libya As Battles Rage -- Gadhafi Forces Claim Victories in Fight

State TV showed a crowd of hundreds, purportedly in Zawiya's main square, shouting "The people want Colonel Gadhafi!" ...

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