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An anti-Gadhafi rebel walks along a sand barrier as other rebels fire a rocket launcher seen in the right during fighting against pro-Gadhafi fighters, in Sedra, eastern Libya, Wednesday March 9, 2011. A high-ranking member of the Libyan military flew to Cairo on Wednesday with a message for Egyptian army officials from Moammar Gadhafi, whose troops pounded opposition forces with artillery barrages and gunfire in at least two major cities. Col. Gadhafi appeared to be keeping up the momentum he has seized in recent days in his fight against rebels trying to move on the capital, Tripoli, from territory they hold in eastern Libya. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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An anti-Moammar Gadhafi rebel mans an anti-aircraft machine gun as a pall of smoke and flames rises from a fuel storage depot that was attacked during fighting against pro-Gadhafi fighters, in Sedra, eastern Libya, on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Col. Gadhafi appears to be keeping up the momentum he has seized in recent days in his fight against rebels trying to move on the capital, Tripoli, from territory they hold in eastern Libya. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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An anti-Gadhafi rebel stands behind his anti-aircraft gun, as other rebels fire rocket launchers, seen at left, during fighting against pro-Gadhafi fighters, in Sedra, eastern Libya, Wednesday March 9, 2011. A high-ranking member of the Libyan military flew to Cairo on Wednesday with a message for Egyptian army officials from Moammar Gadhafi, whose troops pounded opposition forces with artillery barrages and gunfire in at least two major cities. Col. Gadhafi appeared to be keeping up the momentum he has seized in recent days in his fight against rebels trying to move on the capital, Tripoli, from territory they hold in eastern Libya. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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**FILE** Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi (Associated Press/TRT)

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Rebels run as smoke rises from a house hit during an airstrike Tuesday in the oil port of Ras Lanouf in eastern Libya. Warplanes kept up attacks to prevent the opposition from advancing toward leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi's stronghold in the capital of Tripoli. (Associated Press)

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An anti-Gadhafi rebel holds a weapon Tuesday as he walks forward with other rebels to battle on the front line against pro-Gadhafi fighters near the town of Bin-Jawad in eastern Libya. Libyan warplanes launched at least three new airstrikes Tuesday near rebel positions in the oil port of Ras Lanouf, keeping up a counteroffensive to prevent the opposition from advancing toward leader Moammar Gadhafi's stronghold in the capital Tripoli. (Associated Press)

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Libyan rebels who are part of the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ride on an armored carrier near Ras Lanuf, eastern Libya, Monday, March 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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An anti-Gadhafi rebel runs away as smoke rises following an airstrike by Libyan warplanes in Ras Lanouf, Libya, a key oil port on the Mediterranean coast, on Monday. (Associated Press)

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People who worked in Libya but fled the emerging civil war there can only wait and hope for better days Sunday in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia. It can shelter about 5,000. (Associated Press)

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Fighters against Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi carry a comrade fatally injured to a hospital in the oil town of Ras Lanouf, in eastern Libya, on Sunday. Thousands of Gadhafi supporters poured into the streets of Tripoli on Sunday, waving flags and firing their guns into the air. (Associated Press)

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SHOW OF FORCE: Supporters of Col. Moammar Gadhafi celebrate at Green Square in Tripoli, Libya, on Sunday while claiming overnight military successes for the longtime dictator. (Associated Press)

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Libyan rebels who are part of the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi fire a rocket launcher Sunday as they battle Gadhafi's troops outside the town of Bin Jawwad in eastern Libya. Libyan helicopter gunships fired on a rebel force advancing west toward the capital along the Mediterranean coastline Sunday and forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi fought intense ground battles with the rival fighters. (Associated Press)

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Bangladeshis evacuated from Libya are seen on the deck of the ferry Ionian King, docked at the port of Souda on the Greek island of Crete on Sunday, March 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Image Photo Services)

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Pro-Gadhafi soldiers and supporters waving flags and firing their guns in the air pour into Green Square in Tripoli, Libya, on Sunday, March 6, 2011, to celebrate claims of overnight military successes. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Libyan rebels who are part of the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi hold a pre-Gadhafi flag as they celebrate after fighting against troops loyal to Gadhafi and capturing the oil town of Ras Lanuf, eastern Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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A Libyan man inspects the site of a massive explosion that occurred during the night in Benghazi, Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. Hospital officials say an explosion at an ammunition depot in Libya's rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Friday has killed at least 17 people. The blast destroyed one warehouse in the base and damaged a second. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

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Men from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, walk with their belongings alongside a road, as they head to a refugee camp after crossing the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, March 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Egyptians who worked in Libya and are fleeing the unrest in the country pack a bus as they leave outside the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Thursday, March 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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A soldier from the Tunisia army gestures, as men from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, walk with their belongings alongside a road, as they head to a refugee camp after crossing the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, March 4, 2011. Bangladeshis were angry at their country's government for not doing more to get the refugees home Most of the Bangladeshis appear to have arrived in Tunisia penniless because their Libyan employers did not pay them or because they were robbed on the way.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Refugees hold suitcases as they crowd the Libya-Tunisia border in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. U.N. refugee agency spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said Tuesday "the situation is reaching crisis point" at the Libya-Tunisia border where authorities say up to 75,000 people have fled Libya since Feb. 20. (AP Photo/Paolo Santalucia)