8:41 p.m. - Skepticism in Rome - Italy considers "very difficult" for the international community can accept the offer of mediation by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for a peaceful solution to the crisis in Libya, "said Italian Minister of Affairs Foreign Franco Frattini. "The substance of this proposal appears to be maintaining the power of Gaddafi," argues the minister on the chain Rai3.
8:04 p.m. - Airlift - Washington sends ways to participate humanitarian operations: Barack Obama has "approved the use of U.S. military aircraft to help the Egyptians who fled to the Tunisian border to return home."
8:01 p.m. - Options - Barack Obama made sure to have available "the full range of options" on Libya. These options are "military and non-military" but take into account "what is best for the Libyan people," he says.
19.45 - NO TO CHAVEZ - The Libyan opposition refuses the offer of mediation by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. "It's too late, much blood has flowed," says Moustapha Gheriani, press officer at National Council representing the city at the hands of the insurgency, which is based in Benghazi
7:41 p.m. - Outside - Colonel Gaddafi "must go," Obama repeated. The whole world is "outraged" by the violence perpetrated against the Libyans, "he adds.
7:24 p.m. - Protect Brega - Insurgents continue to head towards the city of Ajdabiya Brega oil to strengthen defenses against Qaddafi, according to an AFP reporter on the spot. Among them, the soldiers joined the insurgency that carry weapons. One of their vehicles, painted in red, bears the inscription "The army of Benghazi. On the edge of the road, greet the crowd shouting "God is great".
7:17 p.m. - tents out of sight - in Shushi, the Tunisian border, the camp of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is growing: "We climbed 1,800 tents and we are in the process of bring in more, "said Hovig Etyemezian, a UNHCR official. Behind him, workers dig trenches in the sand to dispose of wastewater. In a few days, latrines commissioned by UNICEF will be installed. Nearly 15,000 refugees will spend the night in Shusha.
Bombing to "scare"
7:07 p.m. - To scare - The air strike on the Libyan army site Brega oil, which was at least 12 dead according to residents, "was designed to scare" and not to kill, assures the son of Colonel Gaddafi, Seif al-Islam, on the television channel Sky News.
19H00 - too dangerous - A World Food Programme ship carrying 1,000 tons of that flour in Benghazi has turned back to Malta without being able to unload its cargo for security reasons. In particular the fear of aerial bombardment.
6:35 p.m. - Oil crisis - the "risk of a sustained oil shock" hypothesis is a "realistic" response to the soaring prices caused by the popular uprisings in the Arab world, said Dennis Lockhart, one of the leaders the U.S. central bank.
5:55 p.m. - Moroccans fall - about 3,500 Moroccans living in Libya have been repatriated by air, according to Rabat. Another 4,000 will be evacuated by ferry Sunday from Tripoli and Benghazi. From 60,000 to 100,000 Moroccans live in Libya.
17:45 - A study - The Arab League "studying" the proposal for mediation of Venezuelan President Chavez to find a peaceful solution to the crisis in Libya, said its secretary general, Amr Moussa.
5:25 p.m. - Martyrs - A Ajdabiya, 80 km east of Brega, 1,500 people attend the funerals of six of the dead the day before. "The blood of the martyr is not paid vain, "chanted the crowd.
5:21 p.m. - Constant Flow - The flow of people leaving Libya by the post of Ras Jedir, to Tunisia, is constant. These departures are in the quiet side of Libya, has been a special envoy AFP.
17:15 - Audacity - Paris and London are working together on Libya. Both countries promise of "bold proposals" to the next EU summit on March 11.
4:58 p.m. - On the Road - Between Tripoli and the border post with Tunisia Ras Jedir, the entire road and cities seem to be under the control of the regular forces, with the exception of Zawiyah, west and finds an AFP journalist. Between 200 and 300 people, majority Asian quietly cross the border.
16H35 - False alarm - At the end of the road Ajdabiya Brega, panic seized the soldiers when someone yells "mercenaries!" after the passage of military vehicles of the rebellion. Believing that the rebels retreat before the troops of Gaddafi, the crowd dispersed in confusion ... before understanding that this is a false alarm.
4:24 p.m. - Prisoners - A hundred fighters loyal to Qadhafi were captured by the opposition to Brega, east of Tripoli. It is a spokesman for the insurgents said.
"Civil War"
4:05 p.m. - "Civil War" - Libya is "on the brink of civil war," said Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. One of the most severe warnings from a world leader.
3:57 p.m. - French Flight - A first aircraft chartered by France left Tunisia for Cairo. On board, 168 Egyptian refugees repatriated from the Tunisian-Libyan border.
15:50 - 90,000 refugees - In twelve days, 90,000 people crossed the Tunisian-Libyan border to escape the unrest, announces a UN official in Tunis.
3:46 p.m. - Chavez mediator - The international peace mission given by the head of state Hugo Chavez interested in the Libyan government and the Arab League. France, she does not want not.
3:32 p.m. - Conquer or die - "We win or we die," proclaims proudly fighting on the bed of a pickup parked in front of the refinery Brega, city in the hands of the opposition where there is a special envoy AFP Selim Saheb Ettaba. According to a rebel, five men were abducted by the troops of Gaddafi on oil site.
15:10 - Leak - Hundreds of Egyptians begin to leave the Tunisian border with Libya aboard dozens of buses, says a journalist from AFP. Direction: Djerba airport and the port of Zarzis. Endless queues stretch along the road bordering the camp Shusha, 7 km the border crossing at Ras Jedir.
2:55 p.m. - 30 million - EU unblocks aid of 30 million euros to cope with the refugee crisis.
2:51 p.m. - Sell Weapons - The situation in Libya will bring Russia to a shortfall of 4 billion worth of arms sales because of UN sanctions, says the boss of the state-owned Russian Rostekhnologuii Sergei Chemezov. Evacuating
2:37 p.m. - Operation French - Beginning Thursday, the French aircraft will rotate to repatriate more than 5,000 refugees at the Egyptian Tunisian-Libyan border, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. France is also allocated 500,000 euros to support programs to assist people fleeing Libya.
14:25 - Revolt minimized - The most prominent son of Gaddafi minimizes the magnitude of the revolt. Libyan leader would get 80% of the vote if elections were held, said Seif al-Islam Gaddafi in the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat.
14:20 - Evacuation - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) began to evacuate the first migrants stranded in Benghazi, a stronghold of the opposition.
2:14 p.m. - Roads blocked - Access to the downtown Zawiyah, west of Tripoli, in the hands of the opposition, is blocked. Trees are laid across pavement, says a reporter from AFP as part of a group of journalists cornaqués by the Libyan authorities. Officials must work around the city. The refinery, she idles 80% of the chimneys are off.
13h55 - End - Gaddafi "will not leave, and when he says he will fight to the end, he will keep his word," said one official close of the revolutionary committees, the backbone of the regime, under cover of anonymity.
1:51 p.m. - Oil - The Libyan oil production has halved, told AFP the director of the government oil company NOC (Libyan National Oil Corporation) Choukri Ghanem.
13H30 - "Risk of epidemics" - In Tunis, a senior official of the World Health Organization (WHO) warns against "the risk of epidemics" among the tens of thousands of displaced people poured into the southern Tunisia from Libya.
1:25 p.m. - The Teeth - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees will double the intake capacity of the camp set up in Tunisia to the Libyan border. Between 8,000 and 10,000 people, from Bangladesh, have crossed the border, said a UNHCR spokesman, Adrian Edwards. Goal: 20,000 places in the camp, against 10,000 now.
13:15 - Gaddafi and his family under investigation FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Luis Moreno-Ocampo's announcement at a press conference in The Hague. It cites "Gaddafi, his inner circle, including his son" and the foreign minister and security chief of the regime.
24:55 - Lock - rebel fighters want to defend at all costs the oil complex of Brega. "If the troops loyal to Qadhafi seize it, they can rob power Benghazi," the stronghold of the insurgency said Jaber, a veteran volunteer. Brega, 200 miles away, is all the more strategic it lies at the crossroads of East, West and South of Libya.
24:40 - Training - A Brega, in eastern Libya, the rebels prepare for battle against the forces pro-Qaddafi, said one journalist from AFP, Samer Al-Atrush. Volunteers are stationed at the entrance to the oil refinery. One of them, an engineer came in Benghazi, said: "I have been led only 15 minutes to use the gun."
24:25 - Dams - The Libyan forces have set up roadblocks along the access road to the west of Tripoli, reported an AFP journalist who comes out of the capital. Men in uniform, armed Kalashnikov, check all vehicles. Along the road, tanks are deployed, their guns turned westward.
24:00 - Mercenaries - "Gaddafi seems to reinforce its troops with Chadian mercenaries", said a spokesman for the court in Benghazi which saw troop movements in Ras Lanuf, east of the city of Brega.
11:39 - Egyptian Refugees - Germany announces sending three ships to bring 4,000 refugees in Egypt, mainly Egyptians, who fled Libya.
11:20 - Special Meeting - European Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Brussels, are invited to a special meeting on Libya March 10.
11:17 - Trapped - Thousands of sub-Saharan African nationals caught in the uprising against Gaddafi lurk at home threatened by insurgents who regard them as "mercenaries" paid by the plan. "We remain cloistered in our rooms. There is nothing to eat," says a radio in his country Gouzayé Boubacar, a Nigerian blocked in Libya.
10:50 - NATO - NATO does not intervene in Libya but is preparing for "any eventuality," said its secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
10:25 - CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced he would open an investigation against 10 to 15 Libyan officials suspected of "crimes against humanity for acts" very serious "against the civilian population.
Airstrike
10:13 - UN - International initiatives on Libya should be decided by the Security Council UN says Beijing. The Chinese ambassador said that the idea of a no-fly zone over Libya "circulates" in the Security Council but no formal request for a debate on this subject has been made.
10:10 - Airstrike - An air strike targeted this morning Brega, a city in eastern Libya passed into the hands of the opposition, say the residents. The attack came a day after clashes that claimed dozens of lives between insurgents and fighters loyal to the regime.
LIVE - The troops of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi-cons continue their offensive to regain ground for the insurgency in the east. Europeans began to set up an airlift to evacuate thousands of Tunisia Egyptians who fled the country.
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