Libya Protest

Benghazi: Libya was on the brink on Friday, as forces loyal to the regime collapses Muammar Gaddafi staged a bloody resistance in the western town near Tripoli and in the east declared itself free of his iron fist rule.
Outraged western governments got on board a collective response to the crisis in the oil-rich North African state, including possible sanctions against the remaining supporters of al-Qadhafi and the freezing of assets, which they believed to have salted abroad.
But governments have been limited fear of reprisals against citizens who are still stranded on the background of what escapes exile described as hellish scene, as evacuation efforts dragged the 11-day crisis.
In Az-Zawiyah, west of Tripoli, 23 people were killed and 44 wounded on Thursday when supporters of the regime installed fierce rearguard actions against protesters at key refinery town, Quryna Libya paper reported.
"The wounded are unable to reach hospitals because of the shots in all directions," said the article, based at the present time, the opposition held the eastern town of Benghazi, quoting its correspondent in the Az-Zawiyah.
Heavy fighting was also reported in the third city of Libya Misrata, west of the capital.
As Zouari, further west to the Tunisian border to escape the Egyptian workers said the city was in control of the civilian militia after fierce fighting on Wednesday evening.
Addressing his divided nation on Thursday for the second time in three days, Gaddafi, 68, accused of siding with the residents of al-Qaeda Osama bin Laden. "You Zawiyah refer to bin Laden," he said. "They give you drugs.
"Now it is obvious that this issue is managed by Al-Qaeda," he said, referring to the elders of the city. "Those armed young men, our children, who incited the people who would like from America and the Western world.
"They have guns, they feel happy and they shoot the trigger especially when they are stoned on drugs."