A man rests by the seaside near a field hospital in Sirte, Libya, Oct. 8, 2011. A total of 17 fighters of Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) were killed and another 227 injured on Friday in battles for Sirte, hometown of the fallen leader Muammar Gaddafi, sources from a nearby field hospital told Xinhua Saturday. [Xinhua/Li Muzi] |