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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (11) Slideshow Video Libya West faces hard choices on way forward in Libya NATO missiles strike Tripoli, Sirte: Libyan TV WFP says opened humanitarian corridor in west Libya Misrata shelled, some casualties: Amnesty researcher Italy says to seek ways to enable Libyan oil sales Analysis: Outgunned, but Misrata rebels may have urban edge Analysis: Libya oil stuck in legal limbo as U.N. panel shunned NATO action in Libya violates U.N. mandate: Russian FM Gaddafi envoy holds talks in Morocco West wants military, aid action to end Libya crisis Video: Libyan families search for relatives Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Norwegian marathon great Waitz dies at 57 10:35am EDT Goldman profit drops as trading revenue falls 11:42am EDT RIM launches PlayBook, fans don't play along 11:29am EDT Apple sues Samsung, says stop copying us 7:30am EDT With much at stake, Asia voices confidence in U.S. debt 11:32am EDT Discussed 92 Palin returns with feisty, anti-establishment speech 83 Obama to lay out deficit plan with focus on tax, spending 74 UPDATE 1-Geithner says Congress will pass debt limit increase Watched Cupless bra combats cleavage crinkle Fri, Apr 15 2011 VW unveils new sporty Beetle Mon, Apr 18 2011 South Korean "super gun" packs hi-tech killing power Mon, Feb 14 2011 U.N. says 20 children killed in Misrata, wants truce Tweet Share this By Alexander Dziadosz BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - The United Nations appealed on Tuesday for a ceasefire in the Libyan city of Misrata, saying at least 20 children had been killed in attacks by besieging government forces on rebel-held parts of the... Email Print Related News NATO war in Libya violates U.N. mandate, Russia says 8:00am EDT NATO missiles strike Tripoli, Sirte: Libyan TV 6:20am EDT Misrata shelled again, casualties seen 8:43am EDT UK sending military advisers to help Libyan rebels 10:21am EDT France's Sarkozy to meet Libya rebel leader in Paris 8:56am EDT France opposes idea of sending troops to Libya 9:17am EDT NATO says air power has limits in Misrata siege 10:48am EDT Italy seeks ways to enable Libyan rebel oil sales 11:02am EDT Analysis & Opinion Default, debt ceilings and democracy US-Pakistan ties : bleeding America in Afghanistan Related Topics World » United Nations » Libya » Stocks Related Video Wounded rebels flee Misrata violence 6:24am EDT Libyan families search for relatives 1 / 28 Rebel fighters hit a picture of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi at the front line along the western entrance of Ajdabiyah April 19, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh By Alexander Dziadosz BENGHAZI, Libya | Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:30am EDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - The United Nations appealed on Tuesday for a ceasefire in the Libyan city of Misrata, saying at least 20 children had been killed in attacks by besieging government forces on rebel-held parts of the city. Libya's third city, where hundreds are believed to have been killed by shelling and sniper fire from Muammar Gaddafi's forces, is the main focus of efforts to protect civilians caught up in the Libyan leader's bid to put down an armed rebellion. But at the same time Western powers are looking for ways to support the rebels in their efforts to topple Gaddafi. Britain said it would send military officers to advise the rebels on organization and communications, but not train or arm fighters. And Italy said the international Libya Contact Group was seeking ways to allow the rebels to sell oil produced in the rebel-held east despite a U.N. embargo on Libyan oil sales. Nine weeks after the rebellion broke out, inspired by uprisings against autocratic rulers elsewhere in the Arab world, a NATO-led air campaign designed to keep Gaddafi's forces out of the air and prevent attacks on civilians has failed to halt the bombardment of Misrata, a city of 300,000 people. "Fifty days into the fighting in Misrata, the full picture of the toll on children is emerging -- far worse than we had feared and certain to get worse unless there is a ceasefire," said Marixie Mercado of the U.N. children's fund UNICEF. "We have at least 20 verified child deaths and many more injuries due to shrapnel from mortars and tanks and bullet wounds," she told a news briefing in Geneva. Aid groups say food, medicines and other basic items are in short supply in the city, and tens of thousands of casualties and foreign workers are waiting at the port to be evacuated. Many NATO members refuse to go beyond enforcing a U.N.-mandated no-fly zone to attack Gaddafi's forces, despite the urging of the United States, France and Britain. And some of those who allowed a U.N. Security Council resolution on Libya to pass say that it is being misused to provide military cover for the rebels -- even though fighting now appears to have stalemated on a frontline just west of Ajdabiyah in eastern Libya. AIR STRIKES NATO said multiple air strikes on Monday night had targeted Gaddafi's communications infrastructure and the headquarters of his 32nd brigade, 10 km (six miles) south of Tripoli. Libyan television said Tripoli and the towns of Sirte and al-Aziziyah had been bombed. At Ajdabiyah's western gate, rebels peered into the desert through binoculars on Tuesday morning at what they said were Gaddafi's forces 30 km (20 miles) away. 1 2 3 Next World United Nations Libya Tweet this Share this Link 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 (11) diddums wrote: Headline should be Banks and Corps want our children to go die once again to earn more profits for them. It does not look like a Lybian uprising to me, just a few raggle taggle rebels led on by the CIA. Why are these rebels in cities at all, I thought it was illegal to use civilians as human shields. Apr 19, 2011 1:50am EDT -- Report as abuse san-serriffe wrote: If Gaddafi has been responsible for the death of thousands over the past 40 years, the “West” has been responsible for the death and hardship of millions, through direct military intervention, sanctions, covert operations, destroying local and national economies, industries, and agriculture, and engineering and feeding ethnic, political, and religious conflicts around the world. Gaddafi has also constructed the greatest irrigation project in the world and brought water to the desert and distributed wealth among his people and given them free education and healthcare, while the West has been busy stealing the natural resources of Africa and dumping its toxic waste there and assassinating independent African leaders, and letting Africans die of hunger and lack of basic medication/sanitation and wars fought partly with Western weapons. And all this, after years of colonialism that made the West rich and ruined Africa in the first place. Once upon a time, leaders and politicians used religion to justify their barbarism. Now, thanks to them, religion has been discredited in the eyes of the “enlightened” masses in the West, so they are playing the same game this time in the name of “human rights”. And these “enlightened” individuals still believe them. Apr 19, 2011 2:51am EDT -- Report as abuse mcright wrote: Now that NATO (proxy of US) finally admit that its goal in Libya military action is to kick Gaddafi out, unable to achieve its goal would be extreme embarrassment. NATO has put itself in an awkward position now. 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