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Libyan rebel fighters look inside of a civilian car that was hit by an air strike causing casualties, including at least two children in Ras Lanuf on March 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO / MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Image: Migrant workers from Somalia who fled Libya arrive in camp on outskirts of ras Jdir border crossing in Tunisia

epa02621008 Migrant workers from Somalia who fled the conflict in Libya arrive at the camp several kilometers inside Tunisia from the Ras Jdir border crossing betwen Libya and Tunisia, on 07 March 2011and walk with mattresses handed out to them as they search for aplace to settle down. The Somalis were arrived here do not want to return to Libya and cannot return to Somalia and several said they would like to go to European destinations. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
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Salim Hussein Attia, a resident of the key oil port of Ras Lanuf, looks at his injuries in Ajdabiya's hospital after being wounded by an air strike that hit his car as he was fleeing the city with family on March 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO / ROBERTO SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)
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Image: Opposition Rebels Battle Gaddafi Forces In Eastern Libya

RAS LANUF, LIBYA - MARCH 07: Libyan rebels gather for tea near strategic petroleum facilities on March 7, 2011 in Ras Lanuf, Libya. Opposition forces remained in control of the town Monday after a day of fighting with army troops loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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Image: A rebel fighter fires his rifle at a military aircraft loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi at a checkpoint in Ras Lanuf

A rebel fighter fires his rifle at a military aircraft loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi at a checkpoint in Ras Lanuf March 7, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY MILITARY)
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Libyan rebel fighters take cover as a bomb dropped by an airforce fighter jet explodes near a checkpoint on the outskirts of the oil town of Ras Lanuf on March 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Image: French navy ship Mistral in Zarzis Tunisia port delivering aid for workers who fled Libya conflict

epa02620333 French sailors off-load sacks of humanitarian aid from the French ship LHD Mistral, a Landing Helicopter Dock, as it delivers supplies in the Tunisian port of Zarzis on 07 March 2011. The supplies are to assist the thousands of migrant workers from various countries who have fled the conflict in Libya. The ship is currently on a long-term deployment on a mission called Jeanne D'Arc. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
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Men who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest warm themselves up by a fire as they wait for a bus in order to be repatriated to their countries, at a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libya border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Monday, March 7, 2011. A top aid official says more than 213,000 foreign workers have fled Libya's violence and hundreds of thousands more are struggling to get out. The exodus is creating a humanitarian crisis across the border with Tunisia - another North African country in turmoil after an uprising in January that ousted its longtime leader. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Image: A mourner reacts next to graves of rebels killed in clashes with forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Bin Jawad, in Benghazi's Cemetery

A mourner reacts next to graves of rebels killed in clashes with forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Bin Jawad, in Benghazi's Cemetery March 7, 2011. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Image: A young Libyan girl flashes the \"V sign\"

A young Libyan girl flashes the \"V sign\" with her two fingers painted with the old national flag's colours, during a demonstration against Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on March 6, 2011 outside the court house of Benghazi. AFP PHOTO / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Image: Rebel fighters jump away from shrapnel during heavy shelling

Rebel fighters jump away from shrapnel during heavy shelling by forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi near Bin Jawad, March 6, 2011. Rebels in east Libya regrouped on Sunday and advanced on Bin Jawad after forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi ambushed rebel fighters and ejected them from the town earlier in the day. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Image: Pro-Gadhafi soldiers and supporters

Pro-Gadhafi soldiers and supporters gather in Green Square in Tripoli, Libya Sunday, March 6, 2011. Thousands of Moammar Gadhafi's supporters poured into the streets of Tripoli on Sunday morning, waving flags and firing their guns in the air in the Libyan leader's main stronghold, claiming overnight military successes. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi rebels, fire multiple launcher rockets during a fighting against pro-Gadhafi fighters near the town of Bin-Jawad, eastern Libya, Sunday, March 6, 2011. Thousands of Moammar Gadhafi's supporters poured into the streets of Tripoli on Sunday, waving flags and firing their guns into the air in the Libyan leader's main stronghold. Earlier, the city woke to the crackle of heavy machine-gun fire that rattled the capital before dawn.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Image: Opposition Battles Gaddafi's Forces In Eastern Libya

BEN JAWAT, LIBYA - MARCH 06: Libyan rebels pray while battling government troops on the frontline on March 6, 2011 near Ben Jawat, Libya. Rebels lost territory as forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi pushed them back to the town of Ras Lanuf. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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Image: A Moroccan expatriate cries for relative

A Moroccan expatriate cries for relatives left in Libya as she disembark on March 6, 2011 in the northern Moroccan port of Tangiers from a boat coming from the Libyan rebel-held city of Benghazi via Tripoli. Moroccan authorities are repatriating on March 6 aboard two boats some 4,000 expatriates from conflict-torn Libya. AFP PHOTO / ABDELHAK SENNA (Photo credit should read ABDELHAK SENNA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Men from Bangladesh, who worked in Libya but recently fled the unrest, are seen next to their belongings as they wake up in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Saturday, March 5, 2011. Bangladeshis were angry at their country's government for not doing more to get the refugees home. Most of the Bangladeshis appear to have arrived in Tunisia penniless because their Libyan employers did not pay them or because they were robbed on the way.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Image: Refugee camp at Tunisia-Libya border

Men, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, are seen next to their tents in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Saturday, March 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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A Libyan man inspects the site of a massive explosion that happened during the night in Benghazi, Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. Hospital officials say an explosion at an ammunition depot in Libya's rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Friday has killed at least 17 people. The blast destroyed one warehouse in the base and damaged a second. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Image: Women mourn during funeral of people who were killed in weapons dump attack in Benghazi

Women mourn during funeral of people who were killed in weapons dump attack in Benghazi March 5, 2011. An attack by Libyan military forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on a weapons dump near Benghazi in rebel-controlled eastern Libya killed 17 people on Friday, Al Jazeera television reported. There were no further details. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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TOPSHOTS A Libyan rebel fighter mans a check point in the stronghold oil town of Ras Lanuf on March 5, 2011 where up to 10 people were killed and more than 20 wounded in clashes between opposition and loyalists of Moamer Kadhafi forces. AFP PHOTO / MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Image: Opposition Battles Gaddafi's Forces In Eastern Libya

BEN JAWAT, LIBYA - MARCH 05: Suspected government agents plead for mercy from rebel militiamen after being captured on the frontline March 25 2011 in Ben Jawat, Libya. Opposition forces pushed government troops further west as they took more territory towards the Gaddafi stronghold of Surt. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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A Libyan rebel who is part of the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi holds a sword as he rides in a car to the front-line near Ras Lanuf, west of the town of Brega, eastern Libya, Friday, March 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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Image: A man lights a fire to look at the underground prisons that were part of the headquarters for forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Benghazi

A man lights a fire to look at the underground prisons that were part of the headquarters for forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Benghazi March 4, 2011. Libyan rebels vowing \"victory or death\" advanced towards a major oil terminal on Friday, calling for foreign air strikes to set up a \"no-fly\" zone after three days of attacks by Muammar Gaddafi's warplanes.
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Libyan doctors and volunteers move the lifeless body of a man who was killed during clashes in Ras Lanouf in the eastern city of Ajdabiya, Libya, Friday, March 4, 2011. Fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi set up checkpoints in Tripoli, searching cars, ahead of planned anti-government protests Friday, raising fears of new bloodshed in the Libyan capital where a heavy crackdown the past week has spread fear among residents. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Image: 'Liberated' Eastern Libya Adjusts To Life Without Gaddafi Rule

BENGHAZI, LIBYA - MARCH 04: Medics remove shrapnel from the foot of an injured rebel militiaman in a hospital March 4, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. Dozens of militiamen were reported killed and injured in an explosion at an arms depot Friday. Meanwhile, fellow rebels battled government forces of President Muammar Gaddafi to the west. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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A Libyan rebel who is part of the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi shouts after hearing government aircraft at a position before leaving to the front-line near Ras Lanuf, west of the town of Brega, eastern Libya, Friday, March 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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Libyan police fire tear gas at anti-Gadhafi protesters as they demonstrate in the Tajoura district of eastern Tripoli, Libya, Friday, March 4, 2011. Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi fired tear gas at protesters who marched in Tripoli on Friday, calling for the Libyan leader's ouster in defiance of a fierce crackdown by regime supporters that has spread fear in the capital. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Image: Anti-Gadhafi protesters run from tear gas fired by police as they tried to disperse the demonstration in the Tajoura district of eastern Tripoli, Libya

Anti-Gadhafi protesters run from tear gas fired by police as they tried to disperse the demonstration in the Tajoura district of eastern Tripoli, Libya, Friday, March 4, 2011. Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi fired tear gas at protesters who marched in Tripoli on Friday, calling for the Libyan leader's ouster in defiance of a fierce crackdown by regime supporters that has spread fear in the capital. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Men from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, walk with their belongings alongside a road, as they head to a refugee camp after crossing the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, March 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Image:  two of the three Dutch soldiers (L, and R) captured by Libyan armed forces while attempting to rescue civilians

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Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi protesters pray during the Friday prayer at the court square, in Benghazi, eastern Libya, Friday March 4, 2011. Fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi set up checkpoints in Tripoli, searching cars, ahead of planned anti-government protests Friday, raising fears of new bloodshed in the Libyan capital where a heavy crackdown the past week has spread fear among residents. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Image: A rebel sleeps next to an anti-tank weapon on a checkpoint in Brega

A rebel sleeps next to an anti-tank weapon on a checkpoint in Brega March 4, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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Image: A rebel holds his rifle at a checkpoint in Brega

A rebel holds his rifle at a checkpoint in Brega March 4, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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A Libyan rebel from the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi holds a rocket propelled grenade round as he arrives with others to re-enforce at a position Wednesday, outside Ajdabiya, eastern Libya, Thursday, March 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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The tented village for displaced people fleeing from unrest in Libya, at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Thursday March 3, 2011. The camp was built to handle the large numbers of people crossing the border from Libya, and currently houses about 5,000 people, arriving in Tunisia carrying all their belongings. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Image: An Egyptian woman holds her child while waiting to cross the frontier to Tunisia, at a border point in Ras Judeir, Libya

EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR An Egyptian woman holds her child while waiting to cross the frontier to Tunisia, at a border point in Ras Judeir, Libya March 3, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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Egyptians try to board a bus as a Tunisian Army soldier tries to stop one of them, at the Tunisia-Libya border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Thursday, March. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Image: Rebels hold a young man at gunpoint who they accuse of being a loyalist to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi between the towns of Brega and Ras Lanuf

Rebels hold a young man at gunpoint, who they accuse of being a loyalist to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, between the towns of Brega and Ras Lanuf, March 3, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Image: People attend on March 3, 2011 in Bengha

People attend on March 3, 2011 in Benghazi the funerals of a Libyan rebel killed the previous day while defending a strategically important oil refinery town from a regime counter-attack in Brega, as five others fighters were also buried in Ajdabiya, 150 kilometres (94 miles) to the west. A hospital official said at least 12 people were killed in Brega, where loyalists of the Libyan leader staged their first counter-attack on a significant town in the rebel-controlled east of the country. AFP PHOTO / MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Image: The family members of anti-government tribal revolutionary rebels who were killed on Wednesday cry in front of a hospital in Ajdabiya area

The family members of anti-government tribal revolutionary rebels who were killed on Wednesday after armed clashes with pro-Libyan leaders in Brega city, cry in front of a hospital before burying them in cemetery in Ajdabiya area, 150 south west of Benghazi, March 3, 2011. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (LIBYA - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS)
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Image: A Bangladeshi migrant worker washes himself in a puddle of water at the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir after fleeing unrest in Libya

A Bangladeshi migrant worker washes himself in a puddle of water at the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir after fleeing unrest in Libya March 3, 2011. Muammar Gaddafi's forces struck at rebel control of oil export hubs in Libya's east for a second day on Thursday as Arab states weighed a plan to end turmoil Washington said could make the country \"a giant Somalia\". REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
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Rebel fighters celebrate after advancing front line against government fighters in Libya (©John Moore / Getty Images)

AL-BREGA, LIBYA - MARCH 02: Rebel fighters celebrate after advancing on the front line against Libyan government forces on March 2, 2011 in al-Brega, Libya. The rebels drove out troops loyal to President Muammar Gaddafi from the coastal town after the government forces had taken it overnight. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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epa02612272 A photograph made available on 03 March 2011 showing new recruits in the new revolutionary army of Libya getting a quick course in how to use anti aircraft weapons in Benghazi, Libya, on 02 March 2011. Media reports state on 03 March 2011 that rebels in Libya have fought off an attempt by troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to retake the eastern oil port of Brega. EPA/WEISS ANDERSEN FLEMMING
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Image: 'Liberated' Eastern Libya Adjusts To Life Without Gaddafi Rule

AL-BREGA, LIBYA - MARCH 02: A wounded rebel fighter is carried into a hospital after being hit with shrapnel on the front line with Libyan government forces on March 2, 2011 in al-Brega, Libya. The rebels drove out troops loyal to President Muammar Gaddafi from the coastal town after the government forces had taken it overnight. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX***
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Image: A rebel holds his ears as a bomb launched by a Libyan air force jet loyal to Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi explodes in the desert near Brega

A rebel holds his ears as a bomb launched by a Libyan air force jet loyal to Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi explodes in the desert near Brega, March 2, 2011. REUTERS/Joel Silva/Folhapress (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY) NO ONLINE USE. NOT FOR SALE FOR INTERNET DISPLAY. TEMPLATE OUT. BRAZIL OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN BRAZIL
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A Libyan rebel holds RPG rockets as he celebrates after they retake the Brega town from pro-Moaamar Gadhafi fighters, in Brega, east of Libya, on Wednesday March 2, 2011. Regime opponents battled forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi who tried Wednesday to retake a key oil installation in a counteroffensive Wednesday against the rebel-held eastern half of the country. At one point in the flip-flopping battle, anti-Gadhafi fighters cornered the attackers in a nearby seaside university campus in fierce fighting that killed at least five. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Libyans wave their old national flag as others celebrate burning copies of the green book authored by Libyan ruler Moamer Kadhafi on March 2, 2011 in the north-central Libyan city of Benghazi. Kadhafi warned the against intervening to support the rebellion against him, saying that would unleash a \"very bloody war\" in which \"thousands of Libyans would die.\" AFP PHOTO/ROBERTO SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)
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Image: Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi waves upon

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi waves upon his arrival for a ceremony of loyalists to mark 34 years of \"people power\" in Tripoli on March 2, 2011 during which he vowed to fight an uprising against his 41-year rule to \"the last man, the last woman\", as rebels repulsed an attack by his forces on an eastern town. His speech came as the UN refugee agency made a plea for hundreds of planes to end a gridlock at the Tunisia border with Libya, where \"acres of people\" fleeing the violence are still waiting to cross in freezing conditions. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Libyan men walk over sand dunes in order to fight forces from the Libyan army, near the eastern Libyan town of Brega, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Opponents of Moammar Gadhafi repelled an attack by the Libyan leader's forces trying to retake Brega, a key coastal oil installation in a topsy-turvy battle in which shells splashed in the Mediterranean and a warplane bombed a beach where rebel fighters were charging over the dunes. At least six people were killed in the fighting. The assault on the Brega oil port was the first major regime counteroffensive against the opposition-held eastern half of Libya, where the population backed by mutinous army units rose up and drove out Gadhafi's rule over the past two weeks.(AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Image: Rebels wave a Kingdom of Libya flag as they ride on top of a tank on the outskirts of Ajdabiyah, on the road leading to Brega

Rebels wave a Kingdom of Libya flag as they ride on top of a tank on the outskirts of Ajdabiyah, on the road leading to Brega, March 2, 2011. The flag which was used when Libya gained independence from Italy in 1951, has been used as a symbol of resistance against Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi in the recent protests. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Image: Anti-government rebels undergo weapon training in a military base in Benghazi

Anti-government rebels undergo weapon training in a military base in Benghazi March 2, 2011. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
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Image: Civilians who have volunteered to join the rebel army register their names in a school in Benghazi

Civilians who have volunteered to join the rebel army register their names in a school in Benghazi March 2, 2011. The rebel army is preparing to fight Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces if necessary, an official in the rebel army said. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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Image: Man holds up a poster of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli

A man holds up a poster of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi, one of several distributed among a crowd gathered to view a burning fuel truck, in Tripoli March 2, 2011. Authorities said the incident was a road traffic accident. The posters were distributed when members of the media turned up at the scene. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST DISASTER POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Image: Bangladeshi migrant workers wait near the Tunisian gate at the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir after fleeing unrest in Libya

Bangladeshi migrant workers wait near the Tunisian gate at the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir after fleeing unrest in Libya March 2, 2011. Thousands of Bangladheshi migrant workers, desperate to leave Libya, pressed up against the gates of the Tunisian border crossing on Wednesday, angry at their government for sending no help. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (TUNISIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Relatives of Bangladeshi workers in Libya wait outside the Dhaka international airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. The United Nations says its migration agency has chartered flights to bring home nearly 400 Bangladeshis from Libya after they fled the violence there to the borders of Tunisia and Egypt. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
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An Egyptian watches US amphibious assault ships USS Kearsarge as it sails at the Suez canal in Ismailia , Egypt, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Egyptian officials say two U.S. warships have entered the Suez Canal on their way to the Mediterranean, moving closer to the Libyan coast after orders from Defense Secretary Robert Gates. (AP Photo)
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Image: A man opposed to leader Muammar Gaddafi holds a Kalashnikov rifle in the centre of the city of Zawiyah

A man opposed to leader Muammar Gaddafi holds a Kalashnikov rifle in the centre of the city of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of the capital Tripoli, March 1, 2011. Libya could descend into civil war if Gaddafi refuses to quit, the United States said on Tuesday, its demand for his departure carrying fresh weight after news of Western military preparations. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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Image: Evacuees of different nationalities who fled the unrest in Libya line up for food at a refugee camp near the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir

Evacuees of different nationalities who fled the unrest in Libya line up for food at a refugee camp near the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir March 1, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (TUNISIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Unidentified pro-Gadhafi security forces stand near a checkpoint on a street in Qasr Banashir, southeast of the capital Tripoli, in Libya, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Government opponents in rebel-held Zawiya repelled an attempt by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi to retake the city closest to the capital in six hours of fighting overnight, witnesses said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Indian workers attempt to get on a ship leaving for Alexandria, Egypt in the eastern city of Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday March 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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