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Libyan Rebels Urge Stronger US Military Role

DOHA, Qatar - A spokesman for Libyan rebels urged the U.S. military Wednesday to reassert of stronger role in the NATO-led air campaign or risk more civilian casualties in the stalemate fighting between Moammar Gadhafi and forces seeking to end his four-decade rule. The appeal by the spokesman, Mahmoud Shammam, appeared...

New Battles in Libya, Strains in NATO Campaign

AJDABIYA, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi's forces fired rockets along the eastern front line and shelled the besieged city of Misrata Tuesday as France and Britain urged their NATO allies, including the United States, to intensify the campaign against the Libyan regime. But hopes for a rebel military victory have faded and...

Libyan Forces Shell Rebel-Held City Amid Truce Push

BENGHAZI, Libya -- Libyan government forces battered the rebel-held city of Misrata with artillery fire on Monday despite an announcement by African mediators hours earlier that Moammar Gadhafi had accepted their cease-fire proposal. The shelling killed six people, one of them a 3-year-old girl, a doctor said. The African...

Can African Union Succeed in Libya Where US, Others Failed?

Already juggling some of the world's most bloody conflicts and dire health crises, the African Union is now taking on what Washington, Europe and the Arab states have so far failed at -- trying to achieve peace in Libya. That's a tall task for the barely 9-year-old African Union, a loose organization of African delegates...

African Union Says Gadhafi Accepts Cease-Fire Plan

TRIPOLI, Libya - A delegation of African leaders said Sunday that their Libyan counterpart Moammar Gadhafi accepted their "road map" for a cease-fire with rebels, whom they will meet with Monday. They met hours after NATO airstrikes battered Gadhafi's tanks, helping Libyan rebels push back government troops that had been...