June 29 - France announces it has provided weapons, munitions and food to rebels in the Western Mountains.
June 27 - The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, all charged with crimes against humanity
June 30 - Gaddafi's daughter, Aisha, says in a television interview, her father's government is prepared to cut a deal with the rebels if that was what it took to stop the bloodshed.
July 1 - Rebels who advanced to within 80 km (50 miles) of Tripoli are forced to retreat after coming under a barrage of rocket fire from government forces.
-- In an address to some 100,000 supporters in Tripoli, Gaddafi urges NATO to halt its bombing or risk seeing Libyan fighters descend on Europe "like a swarm of locusts or bees".
July 2 - African Union leaders offer to host talks between the government and rebels on a ceasefire.
-- Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou says nations at the AU summit "had been requested" not to act on the arrest warrants for Gaddafi issued by the ICC.
July 3 - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton steps up Western calls on Gaddafi to quit. (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit;
