LIBYA - conflict - WEEK 7

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Libyan rebels arrive at the frontline on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya, March 21. The international military intervention in Libya is likely to last "a while," a top French official said Monday, echoing Moammar Gadhafi's warning of a long war ahead as rebels, energized by the strikes on their opponents, said they were fighting to reclaim a city under siege from the Libyan leader's forces. - Anja Niedringhaus / AP

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Libyan rebels take cover as mortars from Moammar Gadhafi's forces fall near them on near Zwitina, outside Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi in eastern Libya on March 23. - Anja Niedringhaus / AP

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A Libyan rebel waves the Kingdom of Libya flag in Bin Jawad on March 27. - Aris Messinis / AFP - Getty Images

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Libyan men line up for gas in Tripoli on Sunday March 27, 2011.- Jerome Delay / AP

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A Libyan rebel greets a man at a checkpoint leading into Ras Lanouf on March 27. - Anja Niedringhaus / AP

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Libyan rebels celebrate in front of a hotel in Ras Lanouf after the key oil port town was taken from Moammar Gadhafi forces on Sunday, March 27. - Khaled Elfiqi / EPA

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Men loyal to Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi sit in their car in front of Bab Al-Aziziyah, Gadhafi's heavily fortified compound, in Tripoli on March 27. - Zohra Bensemra / Reuters

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Rebel fighters drive towards the front on the road between Brega and Ras Lanuf in Libya, March 27, 2011. Libyan rebels pushed west on Sunday to recapture more territory abandoned by Muammar Gaddafi's retreating forces, weakened by Western air strikes. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

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Rebel fighters are silhouetted as they gather before getting back in their vehicles after stopping on the road between Brega and Ras Lanuf in Libya, March 27, 2011. Libyan rebels pushed west on Sunday to recapture more territory abandoned by Muammar Gaddafi's retreating forces, weakened by Western air strikes. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

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A satellite image taken on March 23 shows a military aircraft burning on the runway of an airfield in Misrata. The image was released to Reuters on March 28. - GeoEye via Reuters

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President Obama speaks about U.S. and NATO involvement in military action against Libya during a speech at the National Defense University in Washington, DC on March 28. Vigorously defending the action, he declared that the U.S. intervened to prevent a slaughter of civilians that would have "stained the conscience of teh world." (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

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A French Rafale fighter jet is refueled in flight by a Boeing C-135 tanker, during a patrol over Libya while enforcing the no-fly zone. Nicolas-nelson Richard/handout / EPA

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The guided-missile destroyer USS Barry launches a Tomahawk cruise missile from the ship's bow in the Mediterranean Sea on March 29. Barry is currently supporting Joint Task Force (JTF) Odyssey Dawn as part of the international response to the unrest in Libya. - U.S. Navy via ReuterS

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A flight deck crew works around a Super Etendard fighter jet in preparation for a catapult launch aboard France's flagship Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier on March 28. The Charles de Gaulle continues to run air sorties against targets in Libya. -Benoit Tessier / Reuters

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EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR An armed man loyal to Moammar Gadhafi is seen on a street under government control in Misrata, 120 miles east of Tripoli, on March 28. Exchanges of gunfire could be heard in the area, as government troops still fight insurgents controlling the center of the city.- Albert Facelly / AP

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Libyan rebel vehicles pack the road between Ras Lanouf and Sirte in eastern Libya on Monday, March 28. The writing on the truck reads "Free Libya" in Arabic. - Str / AP

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the opening of the London Conference on Libya in London on March 29. International powers met to map out a future for Libya, vowing to continue military action until Moammar Gadhafi stops his "murderous attacks" on civilians. More than 35 countries, including seven Arab states plus the heads of the United Nations and NATO, gathered as Gadhafi urged Western nations to end their UN-backed offensive against his country. (Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty Images)

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A rebel fighter guards the final checkpoint on the road from Bin Jawwad towards Nawfaliyah on March 29. - Finbarr O'Reilly / Reuters

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An injured rebel arrives at a hospital after clashes with pro-Gadhafi forces in Ras Lanouf on March 29. Libyan government tanks and rockets blunted a rebel assault on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte on Tuesday and drove back the ragtag army of irregulars. AP PHOTOS

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Anja Niedringhaus / AP A Libyan rebel urges people to leave, as shelling from Gadhafi's forces started landing on the front line outside Bin Jawwad, 150 km east of Sirte, central Libya, on March 29.

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Libyan rebels flee as shells from Moammar Gadhafi's forces land on the front line outside Bin Jawwad in central Libya on Tuesday, March 29. - Anja Niedringhaus / AP

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Smoke billows as seven explosions were reported in the tightly-guarded residence of leader Moammar Gadhafi and military targets in the suburb of Tajura, Tripoli on March 29. - Mahmud Turkia / AFP - Getty Images

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EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR A tent where four families set up camp after leaving Mizdah on March 29 following NATO airstrikes that hit an ammunition dump near the city. - Mohamed Messara / EPA

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Libyan rebel soldiers resupply ammunition on the road between Brega and Ras Lanuf on March 29. Media reports state that pro-government forces have intensified their attacks on Libyan rebels, driving them back from ground they had taken in recent days. Manu Brabo / EPA

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Xinhua / Getty Images Immigrants from North Africa line up for food and water distribution March 29 on Lampedusa island, southernmost Italy. Some 18,000 North African immigrants, mainly from unrest-torn Libya and Tunisia, have been flooding the small Italian island of Lampedusa, which is only 110 km away from Africa. More immigrants are expected to land here as the Libyan crisis deepens. Italy will send more ships with a total capacity of 10,000 berths to evacuate migrants on Lampedusa starting from Wednesday.

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Smoke rises as a missile (center) drops in the vicinity of the tightly-guarded residence of Moammar Gadhafi and military targets in the suburb of Tajura, as two loud explosions rocked Tripoli on March 29. NATO-led coalition aircraft had been seen in the skies over the capital earlier in the afternoon. (Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

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Rebel fighters ride a vehicle as they drive east on the road between Ras Lanus and Brega, in Libya, March 29, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

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Gadhafi supporters participate in a funeral procession for Mondaher el-Mahdi el-Daas, 21, a volunteer fighter allegedly killed during air strikes near the city of Sirt, in Al-Aziziyah on March 30. Forces loyal to Gadhafi advanced rapidly on Wednesday, seizing towns they ceded just days ago after intense allied airstrikes and hounding rebel fighters into a chaotic retreat. (Moises Saman/The New York Times)

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An injured boy lies on his bed in a clinic in Misrata on March 30. The clinic he wasoriginally treated in was bombed. Filippo Monteforte / AFP - Getty Images

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An ammunition belt hangs over a car door painted in the colours of the rebel Kingdom of Libya flag near Brega in eastern Libya March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

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Alkis Konstantinidis / EPA - Rebel fighters receive training on how to use a mortar at a military camp in Benghazi, Libya, March 30, 2011. According to media sources, Libyan rebels were on the retreat on Wednesday, after losing ground overnight to Muammar Gadhafi's forces. Rebels retreated from Bin Jawad and Brega as Libyan armed forces pushed forward to retake the strategic towns. Gadhafi's forces also routed rebels from the nearby oil port of Ras Lanuf, pushing the front line further eastward.

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Rebels guard the front line on the road between Ajdabiyah and Brega as forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi threatened to push them further away from strategic oil refineries in eastern Libya March 31, 2011. Rebels massed outside Brega on Thursday and said their forces were still fighting Gaddafi's troops for control of the east Libya oil town. Some rebels had fallen back as far as Ajdabiyah, the gateway to the east. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

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Rebels fire rockets as they return fire towards forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi near Brega in eastern Libya, March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

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Libyan rebels fire rockets against Gadhafi's forces at an area some 20 kms from Brega on March 31. Rebels fought running street battles for Brega. (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

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Rebels guard the front line on the road between Ajdabiyah and Brega as forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi threatened to push them further away from strategic oil refineries in eastern Libya March 31, 2011. Rebels massed outside Brega on Thursday and said their forces were still fighting Muammar Gaddafi's troops for control of the east Libya oil town. Some rebels had fallen back as far as Ajdabiyah, the gateway to the east. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

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Rebels run for cover after a shell fired by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi exploded in a direct hit on a vehicle near Brega in eastern Libya March 31, 2011. Rebels massed outside Brega on Thursday and said their forces were still fighting Muammar Gaddafi's troops for control of the east Libya oil town. REUTERS/Alex Dziadosz

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Rebels gather on the front line between exchanges of artillery fire between them and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi near Brega in eastern Libya, March 31, 2011. Rebels massed outside Brega on Thursday and said their forces were still fighting Gaddafi's troops for control of the east Libya oil town. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

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A rebel sits on the front line looking down the road in the direction of forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi near Brega in eastern Libya, March 31, 2011. Rebels massed outside Brega on Thursday and said their forces were still fighting Gaddafi's troops for control of the east Libya oil town. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

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Rebels run for cover after a shell fired by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi exploded in a direct hit on a vehicle near Brega on March 31. - Alex Dziadosz / Reuters

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Rebels flee an area near the eastern town of Brega on March 31. - Mahmud Hams / AFP - Getty Images

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Libyan rebels fire rockets against forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi at an area some 20 km from Brega on Thursday, March 31. Rebels and Gadhafi's forces fought running street battles for Brega. - Aris Messinis / AFP - Getty Images

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A rebel runs from explosions during a mortar barrage fired by troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi outside Brega in eastern Libya, April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

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Rebels return fire during a mortar barrage fired by troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi outside Brega in eastern Libya, April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

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Rebels run from explosions and an incoming mortar (Top L) during a mortar barrage fired by troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi outside Brega in eastern Libya, April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

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A rebel stands at the front line outside Brega in eastern Libya, April 1, 2011. A Western coalition air strike hit a group of rebels on the eastern outskirts of Brega late on Friday, killing at least 10 of them, rebel fighters at the scene said on Saturday. Picture taken April 1. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

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Libyan rebels prepare before leaving Ajdabiya to the front line near the oil town of Brega, as the West backed off from arming the rag-tag fighters and pushed for a political solution instead, on April 1. - Mahmud Hams / AFP - Getty Images

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A rebel soldier brandishes homemade grenades in the colors of the Libyan rebel flag, near Brega on April 1. - Manu Brabo / EPA

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A man from Colorado who has dual Libyan and U.S. nationality joins the fight against Gadhafi's troops. Here he scans the front line with his binoculars near Brega on April 1 - Altaf Qadri / AP

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A rebel soldier cleans a grenade stained with his friend's blood near Brega on April 1. - Manu Brabo / EPA

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Port Brega, Libya — Gen. Abdul Fatah Younis greets rebel fighters. Younis, a former interior minister and ex-commander of the special forces, has been challenged by another former Kadafi confidant, Khalifa Hefter, as leader of the rebel forces. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

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Youths on the roofs of vehicles wave pre-Gadhafi era Libyan flags as they ride through the streets of Benghazi on April 1. In a sign the international airstrikes may be eroding Gadhafi's resilience, his government is trying to hold talks with the U.S., Britain and France in hopes of ending the air campaign, according to Abdul-Ati al-Obeidi, a former Libyan prime minister who has served as a Gadhafi envoy during the crisis. (Ben Curtis/Associated Press)

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A rebel fighter with head wounds is seen at Ajdabiyah hospital April 2, 2011, after he was brought in from Brega. A Western coalition air strike hit a group of rebels on the eastern outskirts of Brega late on Friday, killing at least 10 of them, rebel fighters at the scene said on Saturday. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal LIBYA

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Libyan rebels are shrouded in smoke from their own munitions as they shell pro-Gadhafi forces along the front line near Brega on April 2. - Altaf Qadri / AP

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A Libyan rebel digs a hole to bury the charred remains of rebels who were killed in a NATO airstrike overnight along the front line near Brega on April 2. One of the rebels who survived said a rebel mistakenly fired at a NATO aircraft just before the attack. NATO said that it was investigating the reports. - Altaf Qadri / AP

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Libyan rebels clean machine gun ammunition with petrol before heading for the front line near Brega, Libya, Saturday, April 2, 2011. NATO said on Saturday that it was investigating Libyan rebel reports that a coalition warplane had struck a rebel position that was firing into the air near the eastern front line of the battle with Gadhafi's forces. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) - Altaf Qadri / AP

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Rebel fighters pray at the grave of around 10 fellow rebels who were killed in what they say was a coalition airstrike on a group of vehicles on the road between Ajdabiyah and Brega, in Libya, April 2, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Winning LIBYA

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A man jumps on a destroyed tank in Ajdabiyah April 2, 2011. A Western coalition air strike hit a group of rebels on the eastern outskirts of Brega late on Friday, killing at least 10 of them, rebel fighters at the scene said on Saturday. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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Rebels gather on the front line between exchanges of artillery fire between them and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi near Brega in eastern Libya, April 2, 2011. A Western coalition air strike hit a group of rebels on the eastern outskirts of Brega late on Friday, killing at least 10 of them, rebel fighters at the scene said on Saturday. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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A rebel fighter sits in the back of a pick-up truck at a staging area to the east of Brega, in Libya, April 3, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

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A rebel fighter sits in the back of a pick-up truck at a staging area to the east of Brega, in Libya, April 3, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

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A rebel fighter sits in the back of a pick-up truck at a staging area to the east of Brega, in Libya, April 3, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

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Ben Curtis / AP A young boy who said he had spent two days in besieged Brega and stolen a vehicle belonging to Moammar Gadhafi's forces in order to return to the rebel side, is questioned by rebel fighters near the front line east of Brega on April 3. Rebel fighters shot the tires out of the vehicle as it sped through the front line but released the boy after listening to his story.

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Ben Curtis / AP Rebel fighters shoot the tires out of a vehicle, unseen, belonging to Gadhafi's forces as it sped through the rebel front line on April 3. The vehicle was driven by a young boy who said he had spent two days in besieged Brega and stolen the vehicle in order to return to the rebel side.

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A rebel fighter holds a rocket-propelled grenade launcher near the front line east of Brega, Libya, on April 3. Ben Curtis / AP

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Libyan men show the V-sign for victory as they stand on the deck of a Turkish ship arriving from Misrata to the port of Benghazi on April 3 to evacuate people injured in the fighting between rebel forces and those loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. Mahmud Hams / AFP - Getty Images

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Rebel fighters welcome a Turkish ship arriving from Misrata to the port of Benghazi to evacuate the wounded on Sunday, April 3. The Turkish vessel is taking hundreds of people wounded in the Libyan uprising for treatment in Turkey from the two cities of Misrata and Benghazi. - Mahmud Hams / AFP - Getty Images

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Rebel fighters ride an open pick-up truck mounted with a recoilless rifle as they retreat from the frontline on the road to the east of Brega, in Libya, April 3, 2011. Warplanes flew over Brega overnight as rebels fought troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi for control of the east Libyan oil town, rebel fighters said. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

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New volunteer rebel fighters receive training on how to use recoilless rifles at a military camp in Benghazi April 3, 2011. According to media sources, Libyan rebels were on the retreat on Wednesday, after losing ground overnight to Muammar Gaddafi's forces. Rebels retreated from Bin Jawad and Brega as Libyan armed forces pushed forward to retake the strategic towns. Gaddafi's forces also routed rebels from the nearby oil port of Ras Lanuf, pushing the front line further eastward. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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Cyrene, Libya — A stop in the ancient ruins of Cyrene on the way out of Libya on April 3. BY: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

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Odd Andersen / AFP - Getty Images Rebels run for cover as they come under fire from pro-Gadhafi forces as they engage in battle near the oil rich town of Brega in eastern Libya on April 3.

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Goran Tomasevic / Reuters A rebel holds a rifle as he smokes a cigarette at a checkpoint in Brega, March 3, 2011.

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Ajdabiya, Libya — Rebel volunteers pray before taking part in a battle for nearby Port Brega. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Time – 2011 APRIL 4

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A rebel fighter holds a rocket propelled grenade launcher, near the front line in Brega on Monday, April 4. Libyan rebels pushed into the strategic oil town of Brega on Monday but came under fire from Moammar Gadhafi's forces, as a government envoy began a diplomatic push in Europe to discuss an end to the fighting. - Ben Curtis / AP

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Libyan volunteers sort medical supplies from a Jordanian military plane at Benghazi airport on April 4. - Altaf Qadri / AP

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A Norwegian F-16 jet fighter takes off on a mission to Libya from the Souda military base on Crete Island, Greece, on April 4. NATO conducted 70 air raids over Libya on April 2, the Western military alliance said on April 3, in its daily report of its previous day's activities. As part of their remit to implement United Nations-authorized military action against Libya, NATO planes are both enforcing a no-fly zone and targeting Libyan military objectives to prevent attacks on civilians. - Stefanos Rapanis / EPA

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Libyan interim national council chief Mustafa Abdeljalil talks to a wounded man as he visits Benghazi's hospital on Monday, April 4. Italy officially recognized the council today and promised sweeping economic aid measures for the rebel-held east in a significant shift in its diplomatic position. - Andrea Bernardi / AFP - Getty Images

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A Libyan man kisses a picture of Moammar Gadhafi plastered on the windshield of a car, along with pictures of European and US leaders, during a demonstration in Tripoli's Green square on Monday, April 4. - Mahmud Turkia / AFP - Getty Images

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Port Brega, Libya — As directed by the Koran, a rebel fighter washes his face, hands and feet before praying. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

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Rebel fighters fire a rocket in the desert to the east of Brega April 4, 2011. Rebels pushed forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi out of much of Brega and to the outskirts of the sprawling oil town on Monday in a slow advance west, but were still facing bombardment with each step. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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A relative tries to comfort ten-year-old Braa Mabrok from Brega as she has shrapnel wounds to her legs dressed by medical staff at Ajdabiyah hospital in Libya, April 4, 2011. Relatives said that Braa was injured last night while asleep when her home was hit. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

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Rebels run and take cover from explosions during a fight with troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi outside Brega in eastern Libya April 4, 2011. Rebels pushed forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi out of much of Brega and to the outskirts of the sprawling oil town on Monday in a slow advance west, but were still facing bombardment with each step. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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Rebels run away from explosions during a fight with troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi outside Brega in eastern Libya April 4, 2011. Rebels pushed forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi out of much of Brega and to the outskirts of the sprawling oil town on Monday in a slow advance west, but were still facing bombardment with each step. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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Rebels take cover from explosions during a fight with troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi outside Brega in eastern Libya April 4, 2011. Rebels pushed forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi out of much of Brega and to the outskirts of the sprawling oil town on Monday in a slow advance west, but were still facing bombardment with each step. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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Mourners carry the body of a rebel they say was killed by forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Brega, during his funeral in Benghazi April 4, 2011. REUTERS/Esam al-Fetori

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A rebel fighter gestures beside a Kingdom of Libya flag on a pick-up truck at a staging area to the east of Brega April 4, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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A rebel fighter stands in front of two burning vehicles used by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi after they were hit by a NATO airstrike on the eastern outskirts of Brega April 5, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

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Rebels gesture from their trucks to a passing vehicle carrying a multiple rocker launcher on the road to the frontline in Brega April 5, 2011. A Western air strike destroyed two of Muammar Gaddafi's military vehicles in the east Libyan oil town of Brega on Tuesday allowing rebels to edge forward, but diplomatic efforts to end the war remained stalled. REUTERS Youssef Boudl

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Mahmud Hams / AFP - Getty Images Libyan rebels clean the road after moving one of two loyalist pick-up trucks destroyed by a NATO airstrike on April 5 near Brega.

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Mahmud Hams / AFP - Getty Images Libyan rebels look at one of two loyalist pick-up trucks destroyed by a NATO airstrike on April 5 near Brega

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Rebels load a weapon on the road to the frontline in Brega April 5, 2011. Libyan rebels fled east under heavy rocket fire from leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces in the oil town of Brega on Tuesday in a sixth day of fighting that has failed to give either side the upper hand. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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Rebel fighters retreat through the desert after being shelled by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces on the eastern outskirts of Brega April 5, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

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Rebel fighters load a launcher with a rocket on the eastern outskirts of Brega April 5, 2011. Libyan rebels fled up to 20 km (12 miles) eastwards under heavy rocket fire from leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces on Tuesday in a sixth day of fighting for the oil port of Brega. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

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Rebel fighters stand around their vehicle at a staging area to the east of Brega April 5, 2011. REUTERS Youssef Boudlal

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New recruits line up to receive food during a break at a rebel forces training camp in Benghazi on Tuesday. Despite being supplemented by captured heavy weapons and backed by Western airstrikes from some of the world's finest air forces, Libya's rebels are still a long way from overpowering the better trained and equipped forces of Gadhafi. - Ben Curtis / AP

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Nasser Nasser / AP Libyan rebels inspect two destroyed military vehicles of pro-Gadhafi forces that rebels claim were targeted by a NATO strike along the front line near Brega on April 5. Libya's rebel forces are looking more effective on the front and even scrapping back some of the territory lost to Moammar Gadhafi's army, but the ragtag fighters are still a long way from being able to march to Tripoli.

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An unidentified target burns in the background as a Libyan rebels fighting forces loyal to leader Gadhafi gather outside of Brega on April 5. - Odd Andersen / AFP - Getty Images

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Libyan rebels fighting forces loyal to Gadhafi load artillery into a helicopter machine gun mounted on a pick-up truck outside of Brega. Odd Andersen / AFP - Getty Images

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Head of the rebel forces Abdel Fattah Younes holds a news conference in Benghazi on April 5. Libyan rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi's forces on Tuesday criticized NATO as too slow to act and said they would ask the U.N. Security Council to suspend its mission unless it "did its job properly." Younes said NATO's inaction was allowing Gadhafi's forces to advance and letting them kill the people of the rebel-held city of Misrata "every day". - Esam al-Fetori / Reuters

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Libyan rebels run for cover from artillery shells fired by forces loyal to Gadhafi outside the eastern oil town of Brega, the frontline in a war in which neither side has been able to make any significant advances for days, on April 5. - Mahmud Hams / AFP - Getty Images

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A rebel fighter rolls a hashish cigarette in a tent near a tank along the road between Ajdabiyah and Brega April 6, 2011. Muammar Gaddafi's forces pushed rebels back towards their stronghold of Benghazi on Tuesday with sustained rocket and mortar fire, in the sixth day of fighting for the oil port of Brega. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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Rebel fighters sit in a tent smoking hashish near a tank along the road between Ajdabiyah and Brega April 6, 2011. Muammar Gaddafi's forces pushed rebels back towards their stronghold of Benghazi on Tuesday with sustained rocket and mortar fire, in the sixth day of fighting for the oil port of Brega. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal LIBYA

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Benghazi, Libya — Two men use ropes to secure posters of "martyrs" outside the courthouse. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

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Maurizio Gambarini / EPA Libyan rebels drive their vehicle to the font line near Ajdabiya, in Benghazi, eastern Libya on April 6. Libyan rebels trying to retake the northeastern oil port of Brega were pushed back to the city of Ajdabiya by Muammar Gadhafi's armed forces. The rebels were coming under heavy shelling some 30 kilometres outside Adjabiya, located between Brega and the rebel stronghold of Benghazi in the east, one source in Benghazi told the German Press Agency dpa. EPA/MAURIZIO GAMBARINI

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Anti-government militants dance as they condemn Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi along a road linking Ajdabiya and Brega on April 6. The anti-government fighters claimed on Wednesday that they may have taken control of Brega Xinhua / Getty Images Contributor

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A rebel reads the Koran near Brega in eastern Libya April 6, 2011. REUTERS/ Youssef Boudlal

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Rebels ride in a truck along the road to the front line near Brega in eastern Libya April 6, 2011.REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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Rebels gather at the front line between exchanges of artillery fire between them and forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi near Brega in eastern Libya April 6, 2011.REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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Rebel fighters fire rockets from the desert east of Brega April 6, 2011. Libyan rebels pushed back towards the contested oil port of Brega on Wednesday, regaining mostly desert territory lost to Muammar Gaddafi's army the day before. REUTERS Youssef Boudlal

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A rebel fighter uses a sighting device during a fight on a road east of Brega April 6, 2011. Libyan rebels pushed back towards the contested oil port of Brega on Wednesday, regaining mostly desert territory lost to Muammar Gaddafi's army the day before. REUTERS Youssef Boudlal

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Port Brega, Libya — Rebel fighters pause to pray. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

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Port Brega, Libya — Rebel fighters swarm around a vehicle ridden by Gen. Abdul Fatah Younis, who made an unannounced visit. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

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Port Brega, Libya — Col. Mohammed Hamis, front, and Gen. Abdul Fatah Younis are swarmed by rebel fighters as they make an unannounced visit. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

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Port Brega, Libya — Rebel fighters dance, chant and fire weapons into the air after being buoyed by a surprise visit from Gen. Abdul Fatah Younis. - PHOTOGRAPH BY: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

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A Libyan rebel fighter mourns over a fallen comrade whose body lies in the back of their fighting vehicle as they arrive at a mortuary in Ajdabiya on April 7. - Odd Andersen / AFP - Getty Images

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Libyan medics and rebel fighters rush a combatant who was wounded by a NATO airstrike near Brega, into hospital in Ajdabiya on Thursday, April 7. According to the rebels, a NATO airstrike on a rebel military tank near the eastern town of Brega Thursday killed six rebels and wounded several others.

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Getty Images - AJDABIYAH, LIBYA - APRIL 08: Libyan civilians flee from Ajdabiyah loaded with personal items April 8, 2011 in Ajdabiyah, Libya. Rebels skirmished with Libyan loyalist troops April 8, taking close mortar fire at strategic Ajdabiyah's western edge even as they tried to stop advances by the troops loyal to longtime Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

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Reuters Pictures A man holds a Kingdom of Libya flag after Friday prayers in Benghazi, April 8, 2011.

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Getty Images - AJDABIYAH, LIBYA - APRIL 08: Libyan rebels flee from the western edge of Ajdabiyah as mortars fired by Libyan army troops crash down nearby April 8, 2011 in Ajdabiyah, Libya. Rebels skirmished with Libyan loyalist troops April 8, taking close mortar fire at strategic Ajdabiyah's western edge even as they tried to stop advances by the troops loyal to longtime Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

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AP Photo A Libyan rebel fighter, holding a rocket launcher, shouts religious slogans after gun shots were heard as fellow comrades offer prayers in the background in Ajdabia, Libya, Friday, April 8, 2011. Rebel fighters sent scouts Friday toward the contested oil port of Brega to seek clues on whether pro-government forces took advantage of a mistaken NATO airstrike that pounded opposition tanks and sent survivors into retreat.

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AP Photo - A Libyan rebel fighter, with one of his eye bandaged, flashes a victory sign in Ajdabia, Libya, Friday, April 8, 2011. Rebel fighters sent scouts Friday toward the contested oil port of Brega to seek clues on whether pro-government forces took advantage of a mistaken NATO airstrike that pounded opposition tanks and sent survivors into retrea

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Getty Images A Libyan women covers her face with Libya's former national flag, now used by rebels, as she attends the weekly Friday prayer outside a mosque in the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi on April 8, 2011. Loyalist forces shelled the edge of the eastern town of Ajdabiya forcing insurgents there to retreat, as NATO expressed regret at the deaths caused by the previous day's alliance air strike on rebel tanks.

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Getty Images - AJDABIYAH, LIBYA - APRIL 08: A Libyan rebel carries a shoulder-fired rocket launcher on the western edge of Ajdabiyah April 8, 2011 in Ajdabiyah, Libya. Rebels skirmished with Libyan loyalist troops April 8, taking close mortar fire at strategic Ajdabiyah's western edge even as they tried to stop advances by the troops loyal to longtime Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

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Reuters Pictures - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visits Somali refugees at Shousha Camp at Ras Djir, 8 kilometres (5 miles) from the Tunis-Libyan border, April 5, 2011. UNHCR established its presence in Tunisia's southern village of Ras Djir on February 24, 2011, to respond to the mass influx of people crossing into Tunisia to escape the violence in Libya. According to the Tunisian authorities, more than 200,000 people have fled Libya to Tunisia since 20 February with more than 150,000 being third-country nationals. While most of the arrivals have been from Egypt, more than twenty-five others nationalities have been seen at the border, including a large number of Bangladeshis, Egyptians, Somalis and Sudanese. The majority of arrivals are migrant workers who were employed in Libya before the violence split the country. As of April 3, the total population at Shousha camp is approximately 8,700 with the majority of the residents originating from Chad, Sudan and Somalia. In comparison to the beginning of the crisis where more than ten thousand persons were crossing into Tunisia per day, currently, a daily average of 1,500-2,500 individuals continue to cross the border from Libya, according to UNHCR.

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AP Photo - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie, left, meets with 26-year-old Veronica from Ivory Coast, second from right, and Nanig Karekinian, right, a UNHCR Protection Officer at Shousha Camp, located 8 kilometres from the Tunis-Libyan boder at Ras Djir on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Jolie traveled on Tuesday morning to the Tunisian-Libyan border to urge greater international support for people fleeing Libya.

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Reuters Pictures United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie visits Shousha Camp at Ras Djir, 8 kilometres (5 miles) from the Tunis-Libyan border, April 5, 2011. Jolie appealed on Tuesday for international support for people fleeing the conflict in Libya and for increased aid for those inside the country.

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Reuters Pictures - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie visits Shousha Camp at Ras Djir, 8 kilometres (5 miles) from the Tunis-Libyan border, April 5, 2011. Jolie appealed on Tuesday for international support for people fleeing the conflict in Libya and for increased aid for those inside the country.

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Reuters Pictures - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie waves during her visit to Shousha Camp at Ras Djir, 8 kilometres (5 miles) from the Tunis-Libyan border, April 5, 2011. Jolie appealed on Tuesday for international support for people fleeing the conflict in Libya and for increased aid for those inside the country.

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Reuters Pictures United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie waves during her visit to Shousha Camp at Ras Djir, 8 kilometres (5 miles) from the Tunis-Libyan border, April 5, 2011. Jolie appealed on Tuesday for international support for people fleeing the conflict in Libya and for increased aid for those inside the country.

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GENEVA, April 8 (Reuters) - More desperate people are likely to flee Libya in rickety, overcrowded boats and a better maritime rescue system is urgently needed to avoid further massive loss of life, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday. The UNHCR called on other European Union member states to help Italy and Malta, which have borne the brunt of the exodus so far and are likely to see more migrants arriving soon. More than 220 Somali, Eritrean and Ivorian refugees drowned early on Wednesday when their overloaded boat sank off the coast of Sicily in what the agency called the "worst such incident in the Mediterranean in recent years". "It is hard to comprehend that at a time when tens of thousands are fleeing the Libyan conflict and pouring across the land borders into Tunisia and Egypt where they enjoy safety and receive shelter and aid, the protection of people fleeing via Libya's maritime border does not appear to have the same priority," Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller said in a statement. A boat carrying 171 African refugees fleeing Libya arrived in Malta today, taking to over 1,000 the total number of refugees who have arrived there in the past few days. Maltese coast guards had initially wanted to take the migrants to the Italian island of Lampedusa but were refused entry, Italy's coast guard said. The Maltese government has hit back strongly at Italy’s refusal to allow entry into Lampedusa of an AFM patrol boat laden with 170 migrants who had just been rescued from a drifting boat, just miles off the Italian island. More than 450,000 people have fled Libya, mainly crossing into Tunisia and Egypt, but also going to Niger, Algeria, Chad, Sudan, Italy and Malta, according to the UNHCR. Many more are trapped by the fast-moving conflict, it said. "UNHCR is particularly concerned about refugees and asylum seekers in Misrata and other Libyan towns. As the situation in Libya deteriorates, many may have to consider flight by sea as their only option." The longstanding tradition of saving lives at sea may be jeopardised if states start arguing over who should rescue them, the agency said. "That is why we urgently need a ... better functioning search and rescue mechanism," Fuller said. "Any overcrowded boat leaving Libya these days should be considered to be in distress." EU members can offer Italy and Malta technical and financial support and the use of the bloc's temporary protection directive which aims to harmonise temporary refuge for displaced people in cases of mass influx, according to the UNHCR. Italy and France agreed on Friday to carry out joint patrols of Tunisia's coast to stem a growing wave of migrants heading to Europe to flee turmoil in North Africa, Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said. (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; editing by Andrew Callus and Tim Pearce)

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