.- The Libyan rebels retreated again on Sunday to the east of Ajdabiya to heavy shelling of Muammar Gadhafi forces, but still resisted intense bombing in Misrata (west) which killed 16 people, hospital sources said. Besides those killed, 71 others were injured Sunday in Misrata, where the rebels claimed to have advanced to positions with respect to regime forces.
Misrata rebels, better organized than in other parts of the country on Saturday had destroyed four tanks hidden in houses to prevent the NATO bombing. In several districts of the city were remnants of cluster bombs, found. Accused by human rights defenders to use this type of weapon, the Libyan regime had denied.
About 10 thousand immigrants, especially Egyptians and Nigerians still crammed into refugee camps near the port of Misrata. Government forces fired heavy artillery on Sunday against the west entrance of Ajdabiya (eastern Libya), after the rebels had been pushed back about 40 miles yesterday, found.
These artillery fire seemed to indicate that Gadhafi forces had returned to at least 20 km from the city, prompting hundreds of rebels and residents who had remained in the city to flee. Blocked for a long time around Ajdabiya, the insurgent troops had advanced on Saturday to the oil port of Brega, located 80 km to the west, thanks to the NATO airstrikes.
"Gadhafi troops bombarded the western gate of tomorrow today. There is the sound of the guns. It is getting closer. That's why people are leaving left," said Omar Salim Mufta, a resident of the city 27 years old. However, the exact location of Gadhafi troops was difficult to determine. For a rebel, 24, Mohamed Abdel Abdel Kemal, "are about 20 miles" of Ajdabiya, but Milud Ghait, 48 years old, who complained that NATO would not intervene against them, government forces are "in out west "of the city.
At the end of the day, eventually retreating army Gadhafi and the rebels were able to maintain control of the city, unfolding in the main streets of the town and erecting barricades to slow the progression of the troops of the regime. On Saturday, the rocket fire from government forces halfway between Brega Ajdabiya and caused eight deaths and 27 wounded, according to the latest tally given Sunday Ajdabiya hospital sources.
Further west, near the Tunisian border, residents flocked to the city Nalut of Zenten for reinforcements. According to them there was heavy fighting in the area, at a time when pro Gadhafi forces trying to block completely the border officially closed but porous at some points. The regime's forces bombed on Sunday around the city.
3 thousand Libyans fled on Saturday in the mountains of western China in order to be able to cross the border with Tunisia. In an interview published Sunday by the daily Le Parisien, French Defense Minister, Gerard Longuet, said "there is some risk that the war could last as Gadhafi and Libya are not entirely predictable." British Prime Minister, David Cameron, repeated on Sunday that does not arise "an invasion or occupation." "This is not to send soldiers to the ground," he said, but acknowledged that this limitation makes things "difficult." The European Council President, Herman Van Rompuy said to be "keeping the military pressure" on Libya, said Gadhafi's resignation is the "primary objective" of the international coalition.
The U.S. newspaper The New York Times reported Sunday that the U.S. government is actively seeking a country that could accommodate Gadhafi without having to give in case of complaint by the International Criminal Court in The Hague. 
Misrata rebels, better organized than in other parts of the country on Saturday had destroyed four tanks hidden in houses to prevent the NATO bombing. In several districts of the city were remnants of cluster bombs, found. Accused by human rights defenders to use this type of weapon, the Libyan regime had denied.
About 10 thousand immigrants, especially Egyptians and Nigerians still crammed into refugee camps near the port of Misrata. Government forces fired heavy artillery on Sunday against the west entrance of Ajdabiya (eastern Libya), after the rebels had been pushed back about 40 miles yesterday, found.
These artillery fire seemed to indicate that Gadhafi forces had returned to at least 20 km from the city, prompting hundreds of rebels and residents who had remained in the city to flee. Blocked for a long time around Ajdabiya, the insurgent troops had advanced on Saturday to the oil port of Brega, located 80 km to the west, thanks to the NATO airstrikes.
"Gadhafi troops bombarded the western gate of tomorrow today. There is the sound of the guns. It is getting closer. That's why people are leaving left," said Omar Salim Mufta, a resident of the city 27 years old. However, the exact location of Gadhafi troops was difficult to determine. For a rebel, 24, Mohamed Abdel Abdel Kemal, "are about 20 miles" of Ajdabiya, but Milud Ghait, 48 years old, who complained that NATO would not intervene against them, government forces are "in out west "of the city.
At the end of the day, eventually retreating army Gadhafi and the rebels were able to maintain control of the city, unfolding in the main streets of the town and erecting barricades to slow the progression of the troops of the regime. On Saturday, the rocket fire from government forces halfway between Brega Ajdabiya and caused eight deaths and 27 wounded, according to the latest tally given Sunday Ajdabiya hospital sources.
Further west, near the Tunisian border, residents flocked to the city Nalut of Zenten for reinforcements. According to them there was heavy fighting in the area, at a time when pro Gadhafi forces trying to block completely the border officially closed but porous at some points. The regime's forces bombed on Sunday around the city.
3 thousand Libyans fled on Saturday in the mountains of western China in order to be able to cross the border with Tunisia. In an interview published Sunday by the daily Le Parisien, French Defense Minister, Gerard Longuet, said "there is some risk that the war could last as Gadhafi and Libya are not entirely predictable." British Prime Minister, David Cameron, repeated on Sunday that does not arise "an invasion or occupation." "This is not to send soldiers to the ground," he said, but acknowledged that this limitation makes things "difficult." The European Council President, Herman Van Rompuy said to be "keeping the military pressure" on Libya, said Gadhafi's resignation is the "primary objective" of the international coalition.
The U.S. newspaper The New York Times reported Sunday that the U.S. government is actively seeking a country that could accommodate Gadhafi without having to give in case of complaint by the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
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