12:48 P.MMar7 Misurata is free of Qaddafi's forces - totally free.
A resident of the city of Misurata, 130 miles east of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, told BBC News on Monday that, despite a fierce attack by government forces on Sunday, the town is still held by the rebels.
The Misurata resident, identified only as Mohammed, said:
We buried 21 young men today: the casualties of yesterday's battle. We hear that Qaddafi's forces are gathering to the west of the city so it's quiet here but tense, very tense. I'm confident that we'll do all we can to hear drive and to fight the murderous dictator's forces.The youths of the city are cleaning up the mess left by yesterday's battle. But there are rumors - and at this stage they remain rumors - that maybe the dictator's forces are back for some more. However, that has not materialized so far. Our military guys are organizing their ranks again. We cannot take anything for granted and we cannot let our guard down. We are patching our wounds and are ready to defend our city. We wait for our friends from the east so that we can push forward to Tripoli. Hopefully soon.
Earlier on Monday, a doctor in Misurata told BBC News: "We had 22 dead and more than 90 severely injured," in Sunday's attack. "Yesterday, they were shooting everything: homes, mosques, drugs stores.... They even used their ambulance to shoot people."
11:33 A.M. Tunisia Dissolves Secret Police Agency
Tunisia's interim government announced on Monday that it is dissolving the country's feared secret police agency, BBC News reports.
The development in Tunisia means that the pace of change there remains one step ahead of that in Egypt. Last week, after protesters in Egypt managed to force the resignation of the prime minister appointed by Hosni Mubarak before his departure, an Egyptian blogger joked that the "score" between the two revolutions was now tied 2-2, since both countries had forced out autocratic presidents and then the premiers they left behind.
