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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves Downing Street in London, to attend the weekly Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) (AP)

Cameron, Sarkozy meet with Libyan rebels

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A Libyan rebel fighter guards the roadway to the western gate of Ajdabiya, Libya, Friday, April 1, 2011, as limited movement is being permitted across the frontier. The western gate is closed Friday for journalists and civilians trying to reach the front line. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) (AP)

Libyan rebels say 13 killed in NATO airstrike

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Libyan rebels jump onto the back of their vehicle as they leave Ras Lanouf, 250 km east of Sirte, central Libya, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Gadhafi's forces drove the rebels out of Bin Jawwad, a hamlet east of Sirte, on Tuesday. Cars and trucks of the retreating rebels filled both lanes of the highway east to the oil port of Ras Lanouf. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Rebels retreat from Libya oil port under attack

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A Libyan rebel urges people to leave, as shelling from Gadhafi's forces starts landing on the frontline outside of Bin Jawaad, 150 km east of Sirte, central Libya, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Libyan rebels pushed back from Gadhafi hometown

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Libyan rebels jubilate on a checkpoint in Al-Egila, east of Ras Lanuf, eastern Libya, Sunday, March 27, 2011. The rebels claim that they have entered Ras Lanuf. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Libya air raids hit Gadhafi stronghold of Sirte

Hadeel Al-shalchi, Ryan Lucas
Libyan rebels stop at a checkpoint in Al-Egila, east of Ras Lanuf, eastern Libya, Sunday, March 27, 2011. The rebels claim that they have entered Ras Lanuf. The rebels claim that they have entered Ras Lanuf. Libyan rebels took back a key oil town and pushed westward Sunday toward the capital, seizing momentum from the international airstrikes that tipped the balance away from Moammar Gadhafi's military. Brega, a main oil export terminal in eastern Libya, fell after a skirmish late Saturday and rebel forces moved swiftly west, seizing the tiny desert town of Al-Egila a collection of houses and a gas station on their way to the massive oil refining complex of Ras Lanouf. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Libyan rebels reclaim 2 oil centers in sweep west

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Air raids force Gadhafi retreat, rebels seize east

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A Libyan rebel prays next to his gun on the frontline of the outskirts of the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Monday, March 21, 2011. The international military intervention in Libya is likely to last "a while," a top French official said Monday, echoing Moammar Gadhafi's warning of a long war ahead as rebels, energized by the strikes on their opponents, said they were fighting to reclaim a city under siege from the Libyan leader's forces.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

France says Libyan airspace “under control”

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In this Wednesday March 23, 2011 photo provided by the French Army, French Navy Rafale jet fighters on the deck of Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean sea. The international military operation against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces may last days or weeks _ but not months, France's foreign minister said Thursday. Alain Juppe also said that he hopes the campaign in Libya serves as a warning to autocratic regimes elsewhere, including in Syria and Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Raphael Martinez) NO SALES (AP)

French strike deep in Libya, targeting arms flow

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A Libyan rebel gestures before moving closer to the frontline after Moammar Gadhafi's forces fired on them on the frontline of the outskirts of the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Tuesday, March 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Airstrikes force Gadhafi retreat from key city

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Libyan rebels retreat as mortars from Moammar Gadhafi's forces are fired on them on the frontline of the outskirts of the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Coalition forces bombarded Libya for a third straight night, targeting the air defenses and forces of Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi, stopping his advances and handing some momentum back to the rebels, who were on the verge of defeat just last week. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Libyan forces intensify shelling of rebels in east

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Royal red arrows aerobatic planes pass over the RAF (Royal Air Force) Akrotiri a British military base near southern port city of Limassol, Cyprus, Monday, March 21, 2011. The European Union's top foreign policy official brushed aside concerns Monday that the coalition supporting military action against Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi is already starting to fracture, saying the head of the Arab League was misquoted as criticizing the operation.Early Sunday, U.S. French and British planes began bombarding Libyan military targets with a barrage of Tomahawk cruise missiles and precision bombs. Late in the day, a cruise missile blasted Gadhafi's residential compound.(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) (AP)

Top Sarkozy advisor warns of a long fight in Libya

Hadeel Al-shalchi, Ryan Lucas
Libyan soldiers survey the damage to an administrative building hit by a missile late Sunday in the heart of Moammar Gadhafi's Bab Al Azizia compound in Tripoli, Libya, early Monday, March 21, 2011 as they are pictured during an organized trip by the Libyan authorities. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) (AP)

Cruise missile blasts Gadhafi’s compound near tent

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Libyan people celebrate on a tank belonging to the forces of Moammar Gadhafi in the outskirts of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Sunday, March 20, 2011. The tanks were destroyed earlier by NATO plans. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Joy in Libyan rebel stronghold after allied attack

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This photo provided by the French Army shows a pilot checking a French Mirage 2000 jet fighter at the military base of Dijon, central France, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Top officials from the United States, Europe and the Arab world have launched immediate military action to protect civilians as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces attacked the heart of the country's rebel uprising. The Mirages 2000 are operating in Libya. (AP Photo/ Anthony Jeuland; SIRPA AIR) NO SALES (AP)

U.S., allies strike Libyan targets from air and sea

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Gadhafi calls U.S.-led intervention “crusader aggression”

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Smoke billows over the outskirts of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Explosions shook the Libyan city of Benghazi early on Saturday while a fighter jet was heard flying overhead, and residents said the eastern rebel stronghold was under attack from Gadhafi's forces. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Gadhafi strikes rebels as diplomats mull action

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This image taken from video shows rebels on the back of a vehicle in the area of Benina, a civilian and military airport, outside Benghazi in eastern Libya Thursday March 17, 2011. Libyan rebels shot down at least two bomber planes that attacked the airport in their main stronghold of Benghazi Thursday, according to residents who witnessed the rare success in the struggle against Moammar Gadhafi's superior air power. (AP Photo/APTN) (AP)

Libyan forces attack Benghazi, the last rebel-held western city

Hadeel Al-shalchi, Ryan Lucas
In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, a pro-Gadhafi fighter makes his evening prayers in the desert as a plume of smoke rises from the burning oil refinery in Ras Lanouf, 380 miles (615 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tripoli, in Libya Saturday, March 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP)

Gadhafi forces overwhelm rebel city in march east

Diaa Hadid, Ryan Lucas
Pro-Gadhafi fighters raise their weapons as they are pictured during a government-organized visit for foreign media in Bin Jawwad, 350 miles (560 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tripoli, in Libya Saturday, March 12, 2011. The world moved a step closer to a decision on imposing a no-fly zone over Libya but Moammar Gadhafi was swiftly advancing Saturday on the poorly equipped and loosely organized rebels who have seized much of the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP)

Libyan rebels lose last stronghold west of Tripoli

Diaa Hadid, Ryan Lucas
Pro-Gadhafi fighters raise their weapons as they are pictured during a government-organized visit for foreign media in Bin Jawwad, 350 miles (560 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tripoli, in Libya Saturday, March 12, 2011. The world moved a step closer to a decision on imposing a no-fly zone over Libya but Moammar Gadhafi was swiftly advancing Saturday on the poorly equipped and loosely organized rebels who have seized much of the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP)

Gadhafi warplanes strike rebel-held Libya city

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A Libyan volunteer carries ammunition on the outskirts of the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar Gadhafi's control of Libya. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill) (AP)

Libyan rebels lose oil port, but vow to regroup

Ryan Lucas, Paul Schemm
An anti-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi rebel, holds his anti-aircraft missile as he looks to the sky, in the oil town of Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya, Sunday, March 6, 2011. Thousands of Moammar Gadhafi's supporters poured into the streets of Tripoli on Sunday, waving flags and firing their guns in the air in the Libyan leader's main stronghold. Earlier, the city woke to the crackle of heavy machine-gun fire that rattled the capital before dawn.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

Against Libya’s rebels, Gadhafi controls the skies

Ryan Lucas, Paul Schemm
An Egyptian man uses his mobile phone to take a picture of the Arcadia shopping center, that was looted, damaged and set on fire by people in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday Jan. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (AP)

Egyptians prepare for the worst as protests rage

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