Direktlänk till inlägg 17 mars 2011
1811 GMT: Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam insists the regime would "never surrender" to the rebels in an interview broadcast on Britain's Sky News and BBC TV.
"This is our country, we will never, ever give up and we will never, ever surrender," says Seif. "We fight here in Libya, we die here in Libya." He adds that the Libyan people "will never, ever welcome NATO, we will never, ever welcome the Americans either."
1804 GMT: Libya's crude oil exports have slowed sharply in the past week and are now significantly below 500,000 barrels per day, the International Energy Agency reports.
1802 GMT: Danish police block plans by activists for a giant party at a Copenhagen-area villa owned by Moamer Kadhafi and his family. Two Danes launched on Facebook an open invitation for the March 25 party at the Kadhafi villa in Gentofte, an upscale suburb north of Copenhagen, and some 3,700 people confirmed their presence via the social networking website.
Demonstrators in London on Wednesday occupied a mansion belonging to Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam, saying it belonged to the Libyan people.
1758 GMT: In London, Standard & Poors lowers Libya's long-term rating by four notches to 'BB' due to heightened risk, then suspends its ratings due to international sanctions and the inability to obtain reliable information.
-- Bahrain's main opposition group cancels a planned Friday protest march on the royal palace. Plans to march on the palace in a mainly Sunni area of the capital Manama risk provoking clashes between the Shiite majority and the Sunni minority, opposition leaders say.
1751 GMT: The United States moves to shut down Libya's embassy in Washington, staffed by diplomats still loyal to the Kadhafi regime. "We are suspending our relationships with the existing Libyan embassy. So we expect them to end operating as the embassy of Libya," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells US lawmakers, stopping short of formally ending diplomatic relations.
The United States evacuated its diplomats and shuttered its embassy in Tripoli after the pro-democracy uprising erupted in Libya in mid-February.
1745 GMT: Three Dutch soldiers captured in a failed attempt to evacuate two civilians by navy helicopter in Libya in late February are to be freed, Libyan state television says. In the Netherlands, foreign ministry spokesman declines to comment on the report, and the Dutch defence ministry is not immediately available for comment.
1739 GMT: Gulf Cooperation Council states will create a $20 billion dollar development fund to aid Bahrain and Oman after protests there calling for sweeping reforms, the oil-rich monarchies say.
1737 GMT: Italy's ENI, the largest foreign energy investor in Libya, says it would only be able to hit its yearly growth target for 2011-2014 if normal production resumes in the strife-torn country.
-- In Rabat, Moroccan King Mohammed VI draws praise at home and from key ally France and Spain for his promise of sweeping reforms. Political parties say his late Wednesday address pledging reform was historic and opens the way for a modern Morocco that could be an example to the Arab world.
1732 GMT: The six Gulf Arab states vow in a statement to deal "decisively" with any threats to the security of any of their members, as calls for reform grow louder in the oil-rich monarchies.
1730 GMT: Egypt's growth rate in 2010-2011 is expected to fall to 3% from an initial forecast of 5.8% if protests continue, Finance Minister Samir Radwan says.
Welcome to Thursday's AFP live report on developments in Libya, as forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi claim to have seized control of the western town of Zawiyah from rebels.
1727 GMT: Here is a recap of the main recent events:
-- Rebels flee the key oil hub of Ras Lanuf after relentless artillery pounding and air strikes from Kadhafi's forces.
-- In the west, an intense battle for control of Zawiyah, some 50 kilometres west of Tripoli, ends in victory for Kadhafi's forces.
-- A source close to Nicolas Sarkozy says the French president will propose "targeted air strikes" in Libya. NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the alliance stands ready to act if there is a clear mandate.
-- The director of US national intelligence, James Clapper, describes Libya's air defence structure as "quite substantial."
Elsewhere in Middle East news:
-- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she will visit Egypt and Tunisia next week, her first trip to those countries since their presidents were deposed after mass protests.
-- Foreign ministers of the six Gulf Arab states meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss the fighting in Libya and political unrest in member-states Bahrain and Oman.
-- Egypt's new interior minister vows that private telephones will no longer be tapped.
-- In his first message to the new military rulers in Cairo, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his country is ready to "cooperate" with Egypt.
-- After a month of violent protests Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh pledges to devolve power to parliament, a move the opposition swiftly rejects as too late.
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