Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) rest outside a shuttered shop along a street in the town of Sirte on October 16, 2011, as fighting around the last pockets of resistance in Kadhafi's hometown abated sharply with some besieging troops saying they were deliberately holding fire after an exodus of civilians. TOPSHOTS AFP PHOTO/PHILIPPE DESMAZES (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP/Getty Images)