Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday was besieged by a revolt which controlled the east and by international pressure to refrain from unleashing a new bloodbath to save his regime. The insurrection seemed firmly established in Cyrenaica, a region that represents about a third of Libya has vast oil resources and inhabitants.
Was seen armed rebels and soldiers joined the insurgents' cause the road from the border with Egypt to Tobruk (150 km west). "Cyrenaica is no longer under the control of the Libyan government and there are clashes and violence across the country," summed up in Rome, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini.
The uprising in Libya, a member of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), is having a major impact on oil prices. Crescent (the equivalent of the Red Cross) also warned of "catastrophic risk" of mass exodus of Libyans to Tunisia, where he arrived by land and five thousand 700 Tunisians living in Libya and Libyans who were fleeing their country.
The rebellion in Libya was inspired in recent weeks that toppled authoritarian regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, in an unprecedented wave of protests in Arab countries. 
Was seen armed rebels and soldiers joined the insurgents' cause the road from the border with Egypt to Tobruk (150 km west). "Cyrenaica is no longer under the control of the Libyan government and there are clashes and violence across the country," summed up in Rome, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini.
The uprising in Libya, a member of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), is having a major impact on oil prices. Crescent (the equivalent of the Red Cross) also warned of "catastrophic risk" of mass exodus of Libyans to Tunisia, where he arrived by land and five thousand 700 Tunisians living in Libya and Libyans who were fleeing their country.
The rebellion in Libya was inspired in recent weeks that toppled authoritarian regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, in an unprecedented wave of protests in Arab countries.
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