Tripoli (ANTARA News) - Loud explosions and barrages of anti-aircraft fire were heard near the Tripoli compound of Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi on Monday night, an AFP correspondent said.

The volleys erupted at around 1900 GMT near the Bab el-Aziziya barracks in the south of Tripoli, the correspondent said.

Similar explosions rocked the capital on Sunday night, with coalition officials on Monday saying an administrative building in Kadhafi`s fortified complex, about 50 metres (yards) from the tent where he generally meets guests, had been destroyed by a cruise missile.

Britain, France and the US began launching strikes with aircraft and cruise missiles on targets in Libya late on Saturday in line with a UN Security Council resolution authorising any measures to stop Kadhafi harming civilians in a campaign by his forces to subdue an uprising. (*)

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