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Unrest in Libya's Misrata, Tripoli

   VOA News  May 27, 2011
   A Libyan rebel fighter points out positions of forces loyal to leader
   Moammar Gadhafi at Misrata's western front line, some 25 kilometres
   from the city center May 26, 2011

Photo: Reuters

   A Libyan rebel fighter points out positions of forces loyal to leader
   Moammar Gadhafi at Misrata's western front line, some 25 kilometres
   from the city center May 26, 2011

   Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi have launched a fresh
   effort to regain control of rebel-held Misrata, Libya's third largest
   city.
   Reuters news agency says fierce fighting between pro-government forces
   and rebels is underway on the city's Western outskirts, Friday.
   Separately, the French News Agency quotes NATO's Lieutenant General
   Charles Bouchard as saying pro-Gadhafi forces have laid landmines
   around the city.
   Meanwhile, a series of explosions rocked the Libyan capital, Tripoli,
   late Thursday. Some of the blasts occurred near Gadhafi's residential
   compound. However, the specific targets from the suspected NATO
   airstrikes were not immediately identified.
   Earlier Thursday, Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi offered
   a truce with rebels but ruled out Gadhafi's departure - a key demand of
   the opposition and NATO.
   Also, Britain said it would deploy Apache helicopter gunships against
   Gadhafi's forces in Libya as part of NATO's operations. France has
   already indicated it will send attack helicopters to the North African
   country.

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

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