Major Victory For Libyan Rebels

Libyan Rebels Capture Part Of Brega, Push North -- Swiss Info

SHALGHOUDA/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels said they had captured part of the oil town of Brega on Thursday while their forces in the west pushed towards Zawiyah, trying to get within striking distance of Muammar Gaddafi's capital.



Gaddafi is clinging to power despite a near five-month-old NATO air campaign, tightening economic sanctions, and a lengthening war with rebels trying to end his 41-year rule.



The rebels have seized large swathes of the North African state, but are deeply divided and lack experience, and Thursday's gains in the east broke weeks of stalemate.



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More News On Libya's Civil War

Libyan rebels capture parts of Brega -- Al Jazeera

Libyan rebels capture part of Brega, push north -- Yahoo News/Reuters

Libyan Rebels Claim Victory in Key Oil Terminal -- ABC News/AP

Libyan rebels claim to have captured parts of strategic town -- Irish Times

Libyan rebels capture part of Brega in east, near Zawiyah in west -- Xinhuanet

Western Libya rebels strike north towards coast -- Reuters

Libya rebels hit trying to take heat off Misrata -- AFP

British Apache helicopters strike Libya targets -- The Telegraph

Soldiers flee Libya helicopter strikes -- The Independent

Kadhafi unable to launch offensive: NATO commander -- AFP

Colonel Gaddafi forces severely weakened in Libya - NATO -- Herald Sun/AFP

NATO: Libya airstrike killed troops, not civilians -- AP

UN chief alarmed over civilian casualties in Libya -- Reuters

Libyan Rebels, in Show of Unity, Plan for Transition -- Wall Street Journal