Thursday, 17. March 2011

Gaddafi army at rebel stronghold: state TV


Libyan rebels say they have shot down two warplanes trying to bomb their eastern bastion, Benghazi, as state television claimed major military gains by strongman Muammar Gaddafi's forces.

With battles raging in the east and west, France on Thursday scrambled Foreign Minister Alain Juppe to the UN Security Council in a bid to get a draft resolution authorising action in Libya passed.

brisbanetimes.com.au

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