Al-Hayat

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday attacked pushing opposition fighters back to the periphery of a key oil city, the rebels said.

Also Tuesday, the diplomats of the world met in London to discuss the future of the nation of North Africa.

Jawad Bin opposition fighters fought the forces of Gaddafi and came under the hail of artillery and rocket attacks, a source told the rebels. CNN saw the rebel fighters streaming back to town, from what appeared to be a haven busy. One said that the dam was opposition too much to bear, and that Gaddafi loyalists had infiltrated Jawad Bin.

The rebel forces gathered in the nearby town of Ras Lanuf, a key oil city, they said they seized Sunday. They came under heavy fire on the western outskirts of the city, said the rebels, who responded in kind, firing back with every weapon available.

Tuesday’s battles marked a change in the dynamics of the opposition, which until recently has faced relatively little resistance in the West March.

Elsewhere in Libya, heard three explosions high in Tripoli. The explosions fell over a period of 20 minutes, and was the first time since the beginning of the uprising that these explosions were heard in the light of day in the Libyan capital.

State television, a newsletter of attributing a “military source said the military and civilian sites in the Tripoli bombing” by the colonial aggression of the Crusades. ”

It was not immediately clear if the explosions occurred.

To the east, the Libyan forces continued to pound parts of the city Misrata Tuesday with mortar firing tanks and troops using heavy artillery to try to regain control of the city, a witness said CNN.

National Coalition Party, toured the plant in the air, but did not hit the tanks, “he said.

The day after the Gaddafi regime has tried to convince reporters he was in control of Misrata taking them on a trip to a part of the city – but do not leave them in the city – his troops were killed and injured civilians and thousands of evicting people from their homes, witnesses told CNN.

“The suffering and destruction and human carnage, both the expulsion and terrorizing the city … – it is beyond imagination,” said the witness, a city councilman to oppose Misrata in the west of Libya. “It’s unbelievable.”

CNN could not independently verify the witness description.

Fierce fighting raged on the ground in Libya, as diplomats from around the world gathered in London to determine next steps. Over 40 foreign ministers and representatives attended the conference Tuesday, including the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and AU Chairperson Jean Ping.

“The conference aims to broaden and deepen the efforts of the coalition,” said British Foreign Secretary, William Hague. “We all want a ceasefire. We all want to go see Qaddafi. These things are clear. But when we have that the ceasefire, we have something to work on.”

Qadhafi has shown no signs of letting up its efforts to crush the insurgency, which seeks an end to his nearly 42 years in power.

The conference organizers said it will seek ways to strengthen the UN Security Council resolution adopted on March 17, which created a no-fly zone over Libya and the protection of civilians. It will also seek ways to get emergency humanitarian aid to war-torn cities like Misrata.

opposition fighters have credited the coalition air attacks to help advance their rebellion, but say more is needed.

Measured testimony on Tuesday called on the coalition forces to hit Gaddafi’s troops in the city to “save Measured by a bloodbath.”

Measured coast, U.S. military plane fired three Libyan vessels, destroying one and damaging two others, military officials in a statement Tuesday. Libyan ships chosen because it tells you who fired indiscriminately on merchant ships in the port of Misurata, on Monday, the statement said.

Libyan state television had a banner said Tuesday: “civilian and military sites in Misrata, Tripoli, Zaltin, Mazda and al-Watiyaare bombed by the Crusaders and the colonial enemies.”

Central Team to represent the opposition in Libya, and work for the design of the new government, if Gaddafi would make a statement on Tuesday described as “a democratic vision of Libya.”

“We learned in the struggles of our past in the dark days of dictatorship, there is no alternative to building a free and democratic society and ensuring the supremacy of international humanitarian law and declarations rights, “the statement through the National Council, said.

The group, representing a wide range of areas across Libya, was the meeting in Benghazi.

The declaration of the Council has promised to draft a constitution that guarantees fundamental rights to all Libyan citizens, to respect freedom of expression and to establish “that the power to draw a strong religious belief in peace, truth, justice and equality.”

A declaration of great focus on the issuance of a permit to build a better economy, which is to eradicate poverty. Approximately one third of the Libyans living in or below the national poverty line. The statement does not refer to freedom of religion.

Shammam Mahmoud, a spokesman for the Council said the future government to try members of the Gaddafi regime, not “hanging in the streets.”

“We will restore order,” he said in London. “We will not take revenge on the streets of Tripoli and Benghazi.”

U.S. Secretary of Hillary Clinton met with the Director of the Council meeting on Tuesday, part of U.S. efforts to expand contacts with rebel leaders fighting to overthrow Gaddafi. It ‘was the second meeting at least once every two weeks, Clinton and the Libyan National Transitional Council, Mahmoud Jabril, a former head of the Economic Planning Board of Libya.

Clinton warned that military action against Gaddafi will continue until the “cease its attacks against civilians, withdraw its troops from areas they have power in, and provides essential services and humanitarian aid reach all Libyans. ”

President Barack Obama has given interviews to the three major U.S. television networks Wednesday, in which he clearly indicated he would be open to the activation of rebel fighters.

“I do not exclude it, but I am not in power,” Obama told NBC in an interview he gave on the day after an address on national television on the Libyan situation.

“I think it’s fair to say that if we want to get arms to Libya, probably possible,” Obama told ABC. “We are looking for the size of our options at this stage.”

U.S. also send a link to Benghazi to open a direct line of communication with members of the opposition, a senior government official told reporters on Tuesday. He did not say when.

The U.S. government has spent about $ 550 million in Libya’s efforts, the Pentagon said Tuesday, adding that nearly 60% of the munitions ship. Another $ 40 million will be spent over the next three weeks. After that, the costs would be $ 40 million per month, said Pentagon spokesman, Commander. Kathleen Kesler.