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17:32 AFP & Al JazeeraThere is fierce fighting in Ajdabiya. AFP news agency reports that a convoy of 60 opposition vehicles came under heavy artillery and mortar fire. They rushed reinforcements to the front line between their territory in the east and the mainly government-held west. The AFP correspondent counted some 100 rebel vehicles heading to the front. No aircraft from the NATO-led air operation were immediately seen.
17:00 The Guardian A rescue ship for migrant workers stranded in Misrata has been prevented from entering the port because of the severity of the fighting.Michele Bombassei, a spokesman for the International Organisation for Migration, said the ship was due to rescue around 800 people today, but had been forced to stay out at sea while the fighting rages.
15:58 The Guardian‘s Harriet Sherwood reports more explosions, gunfire and anti-aircraft fire in Tripoli. Military planes are still flying overhead.“Eni is taking measures to lift as much equity oil as possible from the terminal at Mellitah via an oil tanker which will take the oil to Venice and stock it there for safety reasons,” said a spokesman for the firm
11:02 Wefaq Libya reports that more than 80 rockets landed in Misrata this morning. The attack began at 6am Libyan time.
10:48 Al Jazeera English France is not currently in favour of arming Libya’s opposition fighters engaged in combat with troops loyal to Gaddafi, Alain Juppe, the French foreign minister, said. Asked if NATO should arm them, he said “France is not currently in that frame of mind”.