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After six months of fighting, rebels of the anti-Gaddafi regime, known as the National Transition Council, have successfully taken over the coastal city of Sirte, the last stronghold of the former regime. Muammar Gaddafi was shot and killed in his hometown of Sirte, his body was in custody of the National Transition Council of Libya. This event has officially marked the end of the Gaddafi's Libya that lasted for over 40 years.

The crisis in Libya began during the February of 2011. People of Libya started to stand up and urge for more personal freedom with the influences from neighboring countries such as Egypt and Tunisia. This massive protest soon became a large scale crisis and immediately brought the international attention. The United Nations  established a non-fly zone over Libya during March while the NATO conducted several airstrikes against the Gaddafi's ground forces. The National Transition Council of Libya was formed in Benghazi, a coastal city in eastern Libya, during March. Its goal was to organize all the anti-Gaddafi rebels in Libya and establishes a fully democratized republic. The rebels were advancing day by day and finally captured the Libyan capital city of Tripoli and ousted the former regime but Gaddafi and his family have escaped the city without any trace.

In September of 2011, the United Nations and the European Union recognized the National Transition Council of Libya as the only legal representative of Libya. Soon, most countries around the world have abandoned the diplomatic relationship with the former regime and recognized the National Transition Council. With the death of Gaddafi on October 20th, the National Transition Council has scheduled the Libyan liberation announcement on the 22nd of this month.

Steve Jobs, the former CEO and the co-founder of Apple Inc., passed away Wednesday after a 7 years battle with the pancreatic cancer.

Steve Jobs, along with Steve Wozniak, founded the Apple Inc. in 1976 and started to create personal computers such as Apple I and Apple II. In 1984, Jobs introduced the first commercial use PC - the Macintosh and it has quickly changed the idea about computers among the ordinary people.

Unfortunately, due to an internal conflict in 1985, Steve Jobs was fired by Apple. After that, he founded company called NeXT computer and another one called Pixar Animation. Both companies have paid an important contribution to the industry. Steve Jobs was the executive producer of 1995 3D animation film Toy Story.

Apple bought the NeXT computers in 1997 and brought back the company's co-founder Steve Jobs. He became the CEO in July of the same year and began to reform Apple by terminating projects like the Newton. In 1998, he introduced the first iMac and it has immediately raised the reputation and the market share of Apple.

In 2001, Steve Jobs introduced a portable media player named iPod and it has became a revolution in the music industry. Apple's reputation has been undergoing a significant raise in the first decade of the 21st century with the sale of the iPods.

In 2007, Apple introduced the first iPhone and it has changed people's perspectives about cellphones. The iPad, which was just introduced last year, has set up a industry standard for all tablets.

Steve Jobs was infected with the pancreatic cancer in 2004 and brought many people's attention on his health issues since then. He received a liver transplant in 2009 and took several medical leaves after that. Steve resigned as Apple CEO in August 2011 due to serious health issues, the spot of CEO has been replaced by Tim Cook. Jobs died peacefully at his home on October 5th according to his family.

After the death of Steve Jobs, Apple changed it's official websites to a huge black and white portrait of Steve to remember the death of this great man. President Obama, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page have expressed their sorrow and sadness regarding to this sudden news.

Apple fans all around the world are currently paying a tribute to Steve Jobs by posting remembrance stickers at their local Apple Stores.