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Full Article Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Killer bacteria claims victims in Germany, Sweden 11:13am EDT Bus crash in Virginia kills four, injures dozens 11:37am EDT UPDATE 1-Intel unveils laptops that include tablet features 6:52am EDT Home prices fall again as May confidence dips 11:27am EDT German government wants nuclear exit by 2022 at latest | 7:53am EDT Discussed 75 $1 trillion on the table in U.S. debt talks 59 Judge voids controversial Wisconsin union law 51 Speculation grows over Sarah Palin’s 2012 plans Watched Scientists revive ancient spider in stunning 3D detail Tue, May 24 2011 Massive Australian waterspout caught on film Mon, May 30 2011 GM pulls the plug Fri, May 27 2011 Libya's Gaddafi: I will not leave my country Tweet Share this By Peter Graff TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi is emphatic he will not leave Libya, South African President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday after talks with the Libyan leader that left prospects for a negotiated end to the conflict looking dim. But... Email Print Related News Helicopters to deploy in Libya soon: French minister 7:37am EDT Random shelling drives Libyan families into caves 6:49am EDT Food running out in Gaddafi-held Libya: U.N. 10:56am EDT Qatari weapons reaching rebels in Libyan mountains 9:53am EDT Top Libyan defector says end near for Gaddafi's rule 10:24am EDT Timeline: Libya's uprising against Muammar Gaddafi 10:27am EDT Analysis & Opinion Stirring up the hornet’s nest in Pakistan’s northwest Big banks made an early start in punishing Libya Related Topics World » Libya » Related Video Zuma meets with Gaddafi 2:20am EDT Latest on civil war in Libya Libya says NATO hit civilian sites New wave of airstrikes rocks Tripoli 1 / 25 Still image taken from a video distributed by Libyan state television shows Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi hugging South African President Jacob Zuma after talks in Tripoli May 30, 2011. Credit: Reuters/ Libya TV via Reuters TV By Peter Graff TRIPOLI | Tue May 31, 2011 10:58am EDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi is emphatic he will not leave Libya, South African President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday after talks with the Libyan leader that left prospects for a negotiated end to the conflict looking dim. But new questions emerged over how long Gaddafi could hold on after a senior United Nations aid official said shortages of food and medicine in areas of Libya controlled by Gaddafi amounted to a "time bomb." Within hours of Zuma's departure from Tripoli late on Monday, Libyan television reported that NATO aircraft had resumed attacks, striking what it called civilian and military sites in Tripoli and Tajoura, just east of the capital. Zuma was in Tripoli to try to revive an African "roadmap" for ending the conflict, which started in February with an uprising against Gaddafi and has since turned into a war with thousands of people killed. The talks produced no breakthrough, with Gaddafi's refusal to quit -- a condition the rebels and NATO have set as a pre-condition for any ceasefire -- still the sticking point. "Col. Gaddafi called for an end to the bombings to enable a Libyan dialogue," Zuma's office said in a statement. "He emphasized that he was not prepared to leave his country, despite the difficulties." Zuma also said Gaddafi's personal safety "is a concern" -- a reference to NATO strikes which have repeatedly hit the Libyan leader's Bab al-Aziziyah compound and other locations used by the Libyan leader and his family. Speaking in the main rebel stronghold of Benghazi where he was opening a consulate, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said he had pledged an aid package for the rebels worth hundreds of millions of euros. "I think the Gaddafi regime is over and I firmly believe that it is over for a simple reason: we are talking about a person whose closest friends are defecting. He lost his legitimacy in Libya," Frattini said. Now in its fourth month, Libya's conflict is deadlocked on the ground, with anti-Gaddafi rebels unable to break out of their strongholds and advance toward Tripoli, where Gaddafi appears to be firmly entrenched. Rebels control the east of Libya around the city of Benghazi, Libya's third-biggest city Misrata, and a mountain range stretching from the town of Zintan, 150 km (95 miles) south of Tripoli, toward the border with Tunisia. TIME BOMB Western powers have said they expect Gaddafi will be forced out by a process of attrition as air strikes, defections from his entourage and shortages take their toll. Panos Moumtzis, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Libya, told Reuters in Tripoli that some food stocks in areas under Gaddafi's control were likely to last only weeks. "I don't think there's any famine, malnutrition. But the longer the conflict lasts the more the food stocks supplies are going to be depleted, and it's a matter of weeks before the country reaches a critical situation," Moumtzis said in an interview. "The food and the medical supplies is a little bit like a time bomb. At the moment it's under control and it's ok. But if this goes on for quite some time, this will become a major issue," he said. Gaddafi says his forces are fighting armed criminal gangs and al Qaeda militants, and has described the NATO intervention as an act of colonial aggression aimed at grabbing Libya's plentiful oil reserves. Libyan television broadcast footage of Gaddafi welcoming Zuma, his first public appearance since May 11. Speculation had been swirling in the past few weeks that Gaddafi was injured in a NATO strike or had fled Tripoli. MISRATA FIGHTING A Reuters photographer in Misrata said there was heavy fighting in the suburb of Dafniyah, in the west of the city, where the front line is now located after rebel fighters drove pro-Gaddafi forces out of the city. Speaking from a field hospital near the front line, she said 14 rebel fighters had been injured so far on Tuesday, one of them seriously. "Gaddafi's forces are firing Grad rockets," she said. "The rebels tried to advance, and Gaddafi's forces pushed back." Rebel fighters, out of their familiar urban battleground and now in open ground, were being outgunned, one of their spokesmen said. "The situation is getting more difficult for the revolutionaries because fighting is going on in open places. They do not have the same heavy weapons as the (pro-Gaddafi) brigades," the spokesman, Abdelsalam, said from Misrata. There were reports too of clashes between rebels and forces loyal to Gaddafi in the Western mountains. A rebel spokesman in the town of Zintan told Reuters by telephone: "Fighting took place last night in (the village of) Rayayna, east of Zintan ... It continued until the early hours of this morning. Both sides used mortars." "The revolutionaries do not want to intensify attacks in the area for fear of harming civilians still living there," said the spokesman, called Abdulrahman. He urged NATO to take a more active role by targeting pro-Gaddafi forces from the air. Using a makeshift system of citizens' band radios and Skype, local rebels have been passing on the positions of government forces to NATO via the rebel headquarters in Benghazi, eastern Libya. "NATO's performance is still very weak. Its operations are very slow despite the fact that the local (rebel) military council has provided it with all necessary information about the brigades' positions," said Abdulrahman. (Additional reporting by Hamid Ould Ahmed in Algiers, Zohra Bensemra in Misrata, Matt Robinson in Zintan, Sherine El Madany in Benghazi, Libya, and Marius Bosch in Johannesburg; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Giles Elgood) World Libya Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (2) MissouriRick wrote: Again, we repeat … the UN resolution does not decree removal of current leadership in Libya… only to prevent humanitarian disasters. Rebels who take up arms are not included in a prevention of humanitarian disasters. NATO is overstepping it’s bounds and the rest of the International community has every right to call “foul” and insist on a halt to the bombardment actions. And, it also seems that international legal action could be started against NATO. We remind you that Ghaddafi has support from some of his nation’s citizens… We think we know how come NATO is bombing and after the initial wave, we think NATO is now wrong. You are calling scrutiny to western military action … for no good reasons… Undermining it’s use in the future when it might be more necessary. May 31, 2011 5:26am EDT -- Report as abuse w.Commented.TV wrote: Yea, I’ll bet – because he doesn’t want to die! He’s reconsidering.. Decides life IS valuable – when it’s your own that is. 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