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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Libya: live report AFP - Monday, March 7 Send IM Story Print 1716 GMT Here ends AFP's live report on events in Libya on Sunday. Below is a recap of the main developments of the day: -- Troops loyal to Kadhafi launched counter offensives on several rebel towns as clashes escalated into open warfare. -- Rebels said they had withdrawn from the coastal town of Bin Jawad after being outgunned by troops, with doctors reporting scores of injuries. -- Thousands of Kadhafi supporters gathered in Tripoli to celebrate claims that the regime's forces had taken control of Misrata, Ras Lanuf, and Tobruk. Troops have also attacked Zawiyah, west of Tripoli. -- Kadhafi's government asked the Arab League to reverse a February 22 decision suspending it from the organisation's meetings and said he wanted the United Nations or the African Union to probe the unrest. 1650 GMT Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd warns "those pulling the trigger" in Libya, in addition to the regime's leaders, that they could face international justice, AFP reports from Jerusalem. "Those in Libya who follow the orders of (Moamer) Kadhafi to pull the triggers against their own people are also liable for prosecution by the international criminal courts," says Rudd, who is on a two-day visit to Israel. 1637 GMT More detail coming in from AFP's correspondent near Bin Jawad, where artillery fire was heard earlier and a convoy of rebels heads towards Ras Lanuf... "Near the last checkpoint on the edge of Ras Lanuf, about 30 minutes' drive from Bin Jawad, excitable rebels on the highway pointed to the sky and opened fire with anti-aircraft machine guns," our reporter writes. "An aircraft was seen flying overhead and then suddenly smoke shot up from the horizon about four kilometres (two miles) away. "The rebels shouted Allahu Akbar (God is greater), got in their cars and raced off into the desert, where they found two craters on each side of the road. "Gathered around the craters, they hailed the pilot as a nationalist for missing the target." 1614 GMT CNNChristabelle tweets: "Outside a courthouse used by Libyan opposition as base of operations in Misrata, witness: jubilation, opposition repels Gadhafi forces. #CNN". 1608 GMT The United States may have missed an opportunity to oust Moamer Kadhafi by "dragging its feet" on aiding rebels in the first weeks of Libya's uprising, former minister Ali Errishi tells CNN talk show State of the Union. "We asked for help when he was on the ropes," says Errishi, who resigned shortly after the uprising began nearly three weeks ago. 1531 GMT: Reports are emerging that Kadhafi's troops have retreated from the city of Misrata. The Libyan Youth Movement posts on Twitter: "We are getting reports from Misrata that the city is free and they have captured some of the pro gaddafi forces #Libya #Feb17." A resident in the city told AFP earlier that tanks had shelled the centre of rebel-held Misrata and warned of "carnage" if the international community did not intervene. 1503 GMT Sustained artillery fire has been heard on the road to the Libyan flashpoint of Bin Jawad, the site of deadly clashes between rebels and regime loyalists earlier today, an AFP reporter there says. From a position about 10 kilometres (six miles) east of Bin Jawad, smoke could be seen rising and artillery fire reverberated for around 30 minutes as vehicles full of rebel fighters sped away from the hamlet. The convoys were headed towards Ras Lanuf, the town captured by rebels in heavy fighting with supporters of Libyan ruler Moamer Kadhafi on Friday. 1454 GMT From Tripoli the BBC reports that gunfire continues to hammer through the capital where Kadhafi supporters have been celebrating. "They have been told -- and seem to believe without question -- that his forces have scored important victories," Jeremy Bowen reports. He says a couple of thousand people are now on the streets which are "crackling with feverish celebration". 1432 GMT Britain is repatriating 500 Bangladeshis who fled Libya for Tunisia, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell says after recently visiting a border camp. He claims the UK's evacuation of more than 6,000 Egyptians so far has averted a humanitarian crisis but adds that " Britain is not complacent". 1424 GMT Further to reports that British special forces had been captured in Libya, this in from our correspondent in Benghazi... Several British soldiers and a London diplomat were detained after landing in rebel-held Libya but are "safe and well", a Libyan opposition spokesman says. 1408 GMT The Red Cross and the United Arab Emirates say they are planning to build two new camps on Tunisia's border with Libya in anticipation of a fresh arrival of refugees. "We are preparing ourselves for the worst, if ever we need to receive 100,000 people, other foreigners or Libyans," regional Red Cross director Monji Slim tells AFP. The new camp, two kilometres (1.2 miles) south of Choucha is expected to be completed within the week and should accept some 5,000 refugees but has a capacity of up to 15,000, he adds. Meanwhile, he says, the UAE has offered to open a separate camp nearby and build a hospital. An estimated 100,000 mainly foreign migrants have crossed from Libya into Tunisia since February 20, according to Tunisian officials, and while many have been repatriated thousands remain in temporary camps. 1326 GMT Europe has sent experts to Libya on a "fact-finding" mission as diplomatic activity intensifies in Brussels and at the United Nations, AFP reports from Brussels. The mission, ordered by the EU's top diplomat Catherine Ashton, is the first of its kind since violence broke out and comes as Germany calls for more sanctions against Kadhafi's regime. 1320 GMT More details are coming in from Samer al-Atrush, AFP's correspondent in Ras Lanuf, who says ragtag Libyan rebels have been limping back from the frontline, squabbling over their bitter defeat at Bin Jawad and arguing over how to bring down Kadhafi down. Previously sky-high morale plummeted among the rebels after they were pushed back from the tiny hamlet near the Mediterranean, al-Atrush reports. Rebels say Kadhafi loyalists lured them into a trap, secreting themselves in homes, mingling with civilians and hunkering down on rooftops. As rebels drove on, oblivious to the hidden threat, they unleashed a massive salvo of fire. "This is what pushed us back. This is what got us out of Bin Jawad," shouted one rebel, jumping out of a car with part of a shell cradled in his arms. Rebels tell AFP they were powerless in the face of heavy machine gun fire and air strikes, despite having already captured much of eastern Libya. 1312 GMT: Elsewhere in the Arab world on Sunday, protests have continued in several countries. Here's a snapshot of some of AFP's stories from the region... -- In Egypt a new interior minister took office pledging to restore public confidence in the police a day after protesters stormed several state security buildings. -- In Yemen the opposition called for an escalation in anti-regime demonstrations to force President Ali Abdullah Saleh to leave after the embattled leader refused to quit. -- Thousands of demonstrators massed at Manama's Al-Qudaibiya Palace in Bahrain, where the cabinet meets, chanting slogans against the tiny Gulf state's government and King Hamad. -- A protest site in Iraq's Kurdish region was attacked overnight and the offices of an independent Kurdish radio station were ransacked, demonstrators and a press watchdog said. 1300 GMT Here's a brief summary of the key developments in Libya so far today... -- Air strikes targeted rebel positions and insurgents retreated from their furthest point of advance but Libyan TV claims that Moamer Kadhafi's forces had retaken key towns in a major offensive were swiftly denied. -- Thousands of Libyans celebrated victories over rebel forces claimed by Kadhafi's regime in the centre of Tripoli with gunfire lasting for hours and hooting of horns. -- The key oil pipeline hub of Ras Lanuf was still in rebel hands, AFP correspondents said, countering claims by a state-owned television that it had been recaptured. -- Clashes between rebels and Kadhafi loyalists on the front line in Bin Jawad killed two people and wounded dozens more, doctors in the next town reported. -- Tanks shelled the centre of rebel-held Misrata, a resident of Libya's third biggest city said, warning of "carnage" if the international community did not intervene. 1232 GMT An AFP photographer in Tangiers, Morocco, says a ferry carrying about 2,000 people from Libya has arrived at the port and a second boat is due later in the day. The Berkane ferry had travelled from Benghazi in the east of Libya to Tripoli and then on to Tangiers, in northwestern Morocco. Moroccan authorities, which chartered the boat, say around 4,000 people are expected to arrive at the port today. 1201 GMT More in from the rebel-held town of Misrata, which has been under intense fire from from pro-Kadhafi forces... "Kadhafi forces are shelling Misrata randomly," a rebel spokesman -- who can't be named for security reasons -- tells AFP. "They are using mortars and rockets. They are firing on protesters gathered at Midan Tahrir (Liberation Square) in the city centre and tanks are also shelling houses as well." 1133 GMT Victims continue to arrive at the hospital in Ras Lanuf, AFP's correspondent there reports. "We have two dead and 40 to 45 wounded," says Sami al-Saiti, a doctor at the hospital, adding that they are all Libyan rebels, except one French journalist who was hurt. Rebel forces have retreated from Bin Jawad, saying they were outgunned in the clashes, and told AFP they were unsure whether to press on to Sirte, Kadhafi's home town as planned. 1124 GMT An update is coming in on the situation in Bin Jawad, where earlier 15 were reported injured. That number has now risen to at least 30, medics tell AFP. Two people have also died following the clashes between Libyan rebels and Kadhafi supporters in the hamlet west of Ras Lanuf. 1102 GMT Tanks have shelled the centre of rebel-held Misrata, a resident of Libya's third biggest city tells AFP, warning of "carnage" if the international community did not intervene. "Tanks are shelling the centre of the city, near the radio headquarters. We are also hearing heavy automatic weapon fire," the resident says on condition of anonymity. Firing is clearly audible over the telephone. "The residents are not armed. If the international community doesn't intervene quickly, there will be carnage," the witness adds. 1058 GMT Britain's Defence Secretary Liam Fox has confirmed that a "small British diplomatic team" is in Benghazi amid reports rebels in eastern Libya are holding a British special forces unit and junior diplomat. "I can confirm that a small British diplomatic team is in Benghazi. We are in touch with them but it would be inappropriate for me to comment further on that for reasons I am quite sure you understand," Fox told BBC television. Earlier, The Sunday Times newspaper, reported that the Special Air Service (SAS) soldiers -- thought to be up to eight men -- were captured along with the diplomat they were escorting through the rebel-held east. The FCO would neither confirm nor deny the report. 1053 GMT As thousands continue to flee Libya, Greek coastguards say they have retrieved the bodies of three Bangladeshi nationals who drowned off the coast of Crete when they abandoned a ship that was evacuating them. "Forty-nine people left the ship. They used a rope to climb down," a Merchant Marine official tells AFP. The Cypriot-flagged ship Ionian King was taking 1,280 people from Libya, most of them Bangladeshi nationals. There was speculation that the passengers had disembarked secretly when the ship anchored at Souda Bay because they weren't carrying legal documents and were afraid of being deported. 1045 GMT Libyan rebels say they have pulled back from Bin Jawad, a hamlet where at least 15 people have been wounded today following clashes with loyalists. Doctors earlier rushed the wounded for treatment at a hospital in the oil town of Ras Lanuf further east. Among the injured was a French journalist, medics told AFP. "The militiamen were hiding inside their homes. And they ambushed them," said medic Yusuf Abdul Salam, who brought to the hospital who had been shot in the head. 1039 GMT Thousands of Libyans have been celebrating victories over rebel forces claimed by Kadhafi's regime in the centre of Tripoli with gunfire lasting for hours and hooting of horns. "We are shooting to celebrate because we are beating Al-Qaeda. We have won, Al-Qaeda is gone," one soldier told an AFP correspondent, apparently unaware of rebel denials that key towns had been seized. Troops and militiamen fired their weapons into the air as some 4,000 to 5,000 people demonstrated in the capital's Green Square in favour of Kadhafi, not worrying about where the bullets might be coming down. 1035 GMT A huge explosion has been heard in the rebel-held Libyan oil town of Ras Lanuf, followed by the sound of anti-aircraft guns opening fire, an AFP correspondent reported. The cause of the explosion was not clear, but witnesses said regime forces earlier carried out two air strikes, one near a checkpoint on the eastern extremity of Ras Lanuf and the other at a rebel-occupied army barracks. Welcome to AFP's live coverage of events in Libya where forces loyal to leader Moamer Kadhafi have recaptured a string of key towns, according to state TV. Follow this live report for the latest details on the conflict. Here's a summary of the key developments at 1020 GMT Sunday: -- Battles are raging east and west of Tripoli while thousands continue to flee the violence -- Kadhafi's forces have taken control of the cities of Misrate, Ras Lanuf, according to rebels, while state television reported that Tobruk had been taken by loyalist forces. But AFP correspondents and members of the Libyan opposition have cast doubt on these claims. -- Two air strikes hit Ras Lanuf on Sunday, one near a checkpoint on the eastern extremity of Ras Lanuf and the other at a rebel-occupied army barracks. -- Rebels have vowed to march in Sirte, Kadhafi's home town and the furthest point AFP saw them deployed along the Mediterranean coast on Saturday. -- Sustained automatic gunfire erupted early on Sunday in the centre of Tripoli, an area that has so far been relatively free of violence, AFP's correspondent reported. 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