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Shelling in East Libya Forces Rebel Retreat

   VOA News  April 09, 2011
   A rebel fighter stands on the back of a pick-up truck mounted with a
   rocket launcher at a staging post on the road between Ajdabiyah and
   Brega in Libya, April 9, 2011

Photo: Reuters

   A rebel fighter stands on the back of a pick-up truck mounted with a
   rocket launcher at a staging post on the road between Ajdabiyah and
   Brega in Libya, April 9, 2011

   Pro-government forces in Libya have shelled rebel fighters near
   Ajdabiya, challenging the rebels' hold on the city.
   The attacks Saturday forced rebels to retreat, slowing their westward
   advance toward the oil town of Brega on the Mediterranean Sea.
   Brega has gone from regime to rebel control and back again several
   times since the start of an uprising against the government of Libyan
   leader Moammar Gadhafi.
   Meanwhile, the Red Cross says a ship carrying medical supplies has
   docked in Misrata, a town that has been besieged by pro-Gadhafi forces
   for weeks. It is the only city in western Libya where rebels have been
   able to maintain control.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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