A group of rebels besieging a cluster of apartment buildings near the compound of Muammar Gaddafi said they believed the man who led Libya for four decades was hiding in the buildings with some of his sons.

 Libyan rebel fighters have discovered huge stockpiles of food and medicine hoarded by Muammar Gaddafi's regime in Tripoli that will ease the country's shortages, the rebel council said on Thursday.

"There will be no more problems with regard to food supplies, medicine supplies and fuel,"