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Gaddafi stronghold talks fail

Vocabulary

negotiators

people who try to get two sides of a dispute to reach an agreement

the outskirts of

the areas outside of the centre of a city

broken down

stopped because of disagreement

the opposition

the group of people not in power who would like to be in power

loyalists

people who strongly support the current government or rulers

to launch an attack

to start military action

retribution

severe punishment for involvement in serious crimes

to suppress

to try to stop

civilian population

people in a place of war who are not part of the military

to hold the ground 

keep an area of land under their military command