Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s troops seized the strategic Libyan oil town of Brega Sunday, forcing the rebels to retreat under heavy bombardment while world powers considered imposing a no-fly zone.

Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi's forces were in control of the oil town of Ras Lanuf on Friday, as rebels on the run appealed for arms and divided Western powers mulled military intervention.

Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi recaptured a town near Tripoli and shelled another in the East, pushing back rebels who however on Thursday won decisive backing from France.

At least 12 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in clashes between Libyan rebels and supporters of Muammar Gaddafi at the coastal hamlet of Bin Jawad, hospital figures showed on Monday.

Residents of Libya's dissident-held East, frenzied by a deadly crackdown by Moamer Kadhafi's crumbling regime, vowed on Thursday to march on the capital Tripoli as a string of towns famous as World Wa