A battle was raging on Friday between rebels and Muammar Gaddafi's forces for control of the airport in rebel-held Misrata, while fighting for a Libya border crossing into Tunisia hit a lull.

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NATO airstrikes targeted the center of Muammar Gaddafi's seat of power early on Monday, destroying a multi-story library and office and badly damaging a reception hall for visiting dignitaries.

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Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi is playing "dirty games" and trying to divide tribes in the besieged western city of Misrata, a military official and rebels said on Sunday.

The United States has started using armed drones against Muammar Gaddafi's troops, who battled rebels at close quarters on the streets of Misrata, despite Western threats to step up a month-old air wa

Tim Hetherington, an Oscar-nominated British film director and war photographer, and award-winning US photographer Chris Hondros were killed and two other Western journalists wounded ON Wednesday in t

Fighting in Libya's besieged rebel city of Misrata killed at least 10 civilians including an Oscar-nominated British filmmaker, and NATO urged non-combatants to avoid troops so it could step up air st

A rebel official in Libya's besieged city of Misrata pleaded for Britain and France to send troops to help fight Muammar Gaddafi's forces, while a son of the strongman said he was "very optimistic" his father's regime will prevail.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet the head of Libya's rebels, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, in Paris on Wednesday, as Western powers struggle to break a deadlock in the two-month conflict.

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Some 1,000 people have been killed and 3,000 injured in Libya's third city Misrata since Muamer Gaddafi's forces began attacking it with shells and sniper fire six weeks ago, a senior medic said.

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Libya's rebel forces advanced once again to the strategic oil town of Brega, thanks to four days of airstrikes by NATO, a rebel officer said on Saturday.

Following scattered clashes with government f