Efforts by insurgents to topple Muammar Gaddafi were in disarray after a senior Libyan opposition figure admitted rebel soldiers were responsible for the murder of their most senior army commander, The Observer reports. Full story >>
VOCABULARY
To topple a government or leader, especially one that is not elected by the people, means to cause them to lose power. • Plans to shrink the number of constituencies in the UK from 650 to 600 will provoke a cross-party rebellion that could topple the government.
