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rfi

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi shelled the edge of Ajdabiya on Friday forcing rebels to retreat. The assault comes a day after many insurgents and civilians stampeded out of the east city on rumours that Kadhafi's groops were at its gates.

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reuters

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan rebels said on Friday they repulsed a government assault on the besieged city of Misrata but prospects faded for a military overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.

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reuters

GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations investigators said on Friday they would start next week to probe alleged human rights violations committed by all sides in Libya's conflict and share evidence with the U.N. war crimes tribunal.

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Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Thursday that the West must work harder for a political solution in Libya but the outside world should also do more to support rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi.

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Reuters
AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - A NATO air strike hit a Libyan rebel position near the oil town of Brega on Thursday, killing at least five people, rebel fighters and a hospital worker said.

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Reuters
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Nearly two months into their struggle to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's rebels lack a charismatic political or military leader who can articulate their cause and act as a flag-bearer for the people.

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Reuters
ROME (Reuters) - Italian rescue vessels resumed their search in the early hours of Thursday for survivors from the boat carrying refugees from Libya which sank south of Sicily a day earlier but hopes of finding anyone alive were fading.

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Reuters
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Former Libyan energy minister Omar Fathi bin Shatwan has escaped to Malta from the besieged Libyan town of Misrata, the Maltese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

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presstv
A NATO airstrike has killed at least five popular forces in eastern Libyan as the revolutionaries accuse Western troops of siding with Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

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presstv
At least 250 people are reportedly missing after a boat carrying refugees of different nationalities from Libya to Italy capsized off the coast of the island of Lampedusa.

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presstv
The United Nations has called for a cessation in the fighting between Muammar Gaddafi loyalists and revolutionary forces around the Libyan city of Misratah.

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presstv
Russia says it will not entangle itself in the NATO-led war in Libya, but will comply with a UN resolution calling for a no-fly zone over the North African country.

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Institute for Security Studies (Tshwane/Pretoria)

In the last two months, the world has witnessed the rapid escalation of a campaign to unseat the regime led by Muammar Gaddafi in Libya.

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reuters

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - The head of Libya's rebel army has accused NATO of being too slow to order air strikes to protect civilians, allowing Muammar Gaddafi's forces to slaughter the people of the besieged city of Misrata.

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reuters

TUNIS (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi shelled the besieged city of Misrata for much of Tuesday and two people were killed in the attacks, rebels said.

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reuters

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria is concerned by a noticeably increased al Qaeda presence in neighbouring Libya and worried militant groups could lay their hands on weapons circulating in the country, a senior official said on Tuesday.

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reuters

SFAX, Tunisia/ BREGA, Libya (Reuters) - Gaddafi forces using tanks and snipers are carrying out a "massacre" in Misrata with corpses on the streets and hospitals full of the wounded, evacuees said, with one describing the besieged city as "hell".

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reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Peace proposals by Muammar
Gaddafi insisting on a future political role for his family are
almost certainly non-starters but may buy Libya's leader the
time he needs to drive a wedge in coalition ranks.

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reuters

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey said it was seeking to broker a ceasefire in Libya as an envoy from Muammar Gaddafi's government arrived in Ankara on Monday, with representatives of the Libyan opposition also expected in the coming days.

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IPS

Rome — The influx of migrants arriving from Libya and other African countries has created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in southern Italy.