In Libya, Gaddafi forces loyal to the sea from the air and pound rebel positions around the oil city of Ras Lanuf el'offensiva ventures further to the east, while in the Tripoli regime claims to have regained Zawiya. France meanwhile, first, has now officially recognized the National Transitional Council (CNT), the interim government rebel Benghazi.
On the outskirts of Ras Lanuf ANSA noted an invitation in person air strikes, which hit, among other things, a rebel checkpoint. A witness quoted by Reuters said that a house in Ras Lanuf civilian was hit and the AFP that a bomb fell on a residential district that many residents have fled in recent days, and where a hospital was evacuated immediately.
Meanwhile, according to a witness quoted by Reuters, armored vehicles are approaching the city by firing on insurgents. Brega also bombed, about 90 km to the east. The growing tension between the rebels and one of them has even launched an "ultimatum" to the United States and the European Union because "Gaddafi stop" within eight hours, otherwise it will be interrupted the flow of oil from terminals of Brega and Ras Lanuf.
Yesterday's air raids had hit the fuel depots in the nearby oil terminal of Sidra. On the "western front", however, in Zawiya, 50 km west of Tripoli, the military loyal to rais claim to have recaptured the town from the rebels during the night and took some journalists, including an envoy Ansa, to see for myself, greeted by jubilant supporters of Gaddafi.
Witnesses say that the city is actually "fall". On the "diplomatic front, France today is the first country in the West, recognized the National Transitional Council (CNT) as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people, an initiative on which the German government, however, said he was skeptical.
The announcement was made from Paris after a meeting between the Elysée an emissary of Benghazi and the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy. And today while Libya will be the focus of the meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels and the European Union foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said that Europe will continue to talk with anyone ...
to end the violence, "the Russia continues to hinder the possibility of acts of force: the foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said that the UN Charter, "which is inadmissible any intervention, the more strength, in the internal affairs" of a country. The option of imposing a no-fly zone, Moscow says, requires "a careful and more detailed information." An envoy of Athens Gaddafi has meanwhile proposed to the Government greek "ideas" to end the crisis.
Emissaries of the scheme are also in Lisbon and Cairo. The Portuguese government, however, that it was the emissary of Tripoli that the system is "finished." Meanwhile, the European Parliament adopted by an overwhelming majority (584 yes, 18 no, 18 abstentions) a resolution calling on EU governments to recognize the National Council of transition as the Libyan authorities officially representing the Libyan opposition.
The text also calls on the EU to prepare for the possible establishment of a 'no-fly zone' to prevent Gaddafi of hitting people and assisting the repatriation of those fleeing violence. With the increase in the number of injured reached hospitals east of the country, Libya is "slipping into civil war." He said the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross Jakob Kellenberger, calling on the Libyan authorities to ensure access for humanitarian organizations in the western part of the country, including the capital Tripoli.
Kellenberger also reminded the warring parties to refrain from striking in any way and humanitarian aid workers to assicurne supply. "Right now we have a non-international armed conflict" in practice "that would call civil war," the president said in a press conference. "We are seeing an increase in arrivals of injured to hospitals east and we are extremely concerned," he added. 
On the outskirts of Ras Lanuf ANSA noted an invitation in person air strikes, which hit, among other things, a rebel checkpoint. A witness quoted by Reuters said that a house in Ras Lanuf civilian was hit and the AFP that a bomb fell on a residential district that many residents have fled in recent days, and where a hospital was evacuated immediately.
Meanwhile, according to a witness quoted by Reuters, armored vehicles are approaching the city by firing on insurgents. Brega also bombed, about 90 km to the east. The growing tension between the rebels and one of them has even launched an "ultimatum" to the United States and the European Union because "Gaddafi stop" within eight hours, otherwise it will be interrupted the flow of oil from terminals of Brega and Ras Lanuf.
Yesterday's air raids had hit the fuel depots in the nearby oil terminal of Sidra. On the "western front", however, in Zawiya, 50 km west of Tripoli, the military loyal to rais claim to have recaptured the town from the rebels during the night and took some journalists, including an envoy Ansa, to see for myself, greeted by jubilant supporters of Gaddafi.
Witnesses say that the city is actually "fall". On the "diplomatic front, France today is the first country in the West, recognized the National Transitional Council (CNT) as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people, an initiative on which the German government, however, said he was skeptical.
The announcement was made from Paris after a meeting between the Elysée an emissary of Benghazi and the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy. And today while Libya will be the focus of the meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels and the European Union foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said that Europe will continue to talk with anyone ...
to end the violence, "the Russia continues to hinder the possibility of acts of force: the foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said that the UN Charter, "which is inadmissible any intervention, the more strength, in the internal affairs" of a country. The option of imposing a no-fly zone, Moscow says, requires "a careful and more detailed information." An envoy of Athens Gaddafi has meanwhile proposed to the Government greek "ideas" to end the crisis.
Emissaries of the scheme are also in Lisbon and Cairo. The Portuguese government, however, that it was the emissary of Tripoli that the system is "finished." Meanwhile, the European Parliament adopted by an overwhelming majority (584 yes, 18 no, 18 abstentions) a resolution calling on EU governments to recognize the National Council of transition as the Libyan authorities officially representing the Libyan opposition.
The text also calls on the EU to prepare for the possible establishment of a 'no-fly zone' to prevent Gaddafi of hitting people and assisting the repatriation of those fleeing violence. With the increase in the number of injured reached hospitals east of the country, Libya is "slipping into civil war." He said the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross Jakob Kellenberger, calling on the Libyan authorities to ensure access for humanitarian organizations in the western part of the country, including the capital Tripoli.
Kellenberger also reminded the warring parties to refrain from striking in any way and humanitarian aid workers to assicurne supply. "Right now we have a non-international armed conflict" in practice "that would call civil war," the president said in a press conference. "We are seeing an increase in arrivals of injured to hospitals east and we are extremely concerned," he added.
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