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1 Heavy fighting grips Libya’s besieged Misrata

by Alberto Arce, AFP

Sun May 8, 3:35 pm ET

MISRATA, Libya (AFP) – Libyan regime forces laying siege to Misrata intensified their assault on the lifeline port on Sunday as smoke billowed from a fuel depot bombing, attacks a rights group said may amount to an atrocity.

Two loud explosions were also heard in Tripoli, where the regime of embattled Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi has its headquarters, as jets flew overhead, witnesses said.

Italian coast guards and local fisherman, meanwhile, saved all 500 refugees on a boat from Libya.

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