Libya crisis -Day by day

Rebels recaptured the oil town of Ras Lanuf, on the coast road leading towards the major Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte, after taking Brega and Uqayla earlier in the day.
The Libyan government said coalition forces launched air strikes between Ajdabiya and Sirte resulting in "many" military and civilian lives being lost.
A BBC correspondent who visited the recaptured towns said that after days of stalemate the rebels have finally gathered some momentum - even if this only because they have had so much help from coalition air strikes that destroyed Col Gaddafi's tanks and artillery.

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