Unrest in Libya

Pro-Gadhafi supporters stage a rally as foreign journalists arrive on a government-provided tour in Sabratha, Libya, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. Gadhafi supporters said Monday that they were in control of the city of Sabratha, west of Tripoli, which has seemed to vacillate between the two camps over the past week, with some anti-Gadhafi graffiti scrawled on walls being painted over by residents. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Libyan anti-government protesters wave their old national flag during a rally the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on February 28, 2011 as world powers ramped up the pressure on Moamer Kadhafi's regime and the United States urged the international community to work together on further steps to end bloodshed in Libya. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)

People wait to collect their 500 Libyan dinars ($400) cash handouts from the government at a bank in Tripoli February 28, 2011. Libya's government, clinging to power after a popular revolt, has ordered massive cash handouts including wage increases, food subsidies and allowances, state television reported on Friday. Each family will receive 500 Libyan dinars ($400) to help cover increased food costs, and wages for some categories of public sector workers would increase by 150 percent, according to the station. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Libyan militia members who are now part of the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi organize ammunition at a military base in Benghazi, in eastern Libya, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

A man checks the execution room inside the burnt main prison of Libyan Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Benghazi February 28, 2011. Foreign powers accelerated efforts to help oust Gaddafi on Monday as rebels fought government forces trying to take back strategic coastal cities on either side of the capital Tripoli. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RAS JDIR, TUNISIA - FEBRUARY 28: Men reach for bread behind barbed wire while waiting to enter Tunisia after fleeing Libya on February 28, 2011 in Ras Jdir, Tunisia. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers from Egypt, Tunisia and other countries are fleeing to the border of Tunisia to escape the violence. The situation is quickly turning into a humanitarian emergency as fledgling Tunisia is overwhelmed with the migrant workers. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the end. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Ghadafi gunman holds bullets of anti-aircraft machine gun, in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday Feb. 28, 2011. The United States pressed its European allies on Monday to set tough sanctions on the Libyan government, while doubts emerged about the feasibility of a proposed no-fly zone to prevent Moammar Gadhafi's regime from launching aerial attacks against protesters. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Mourners react next to the grave of Libyan Faraj Itrenah, 42, who died from injuries sustained during recent clashes, at his funeral in a cemetery in Benghazi February 28, 2011. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Egyptians are transported by a Tunisian car at the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir after fleeing unrest in Libya February 28, 2011. People in Tunisia and Egypt are driving to the border to help those arriving from Libya, with many hosting strangers in their homes, international aid groups said on Friday. More than 30,000 people have streamed across land borders in response to violence in Libya, mainly Tunisians and Egyptians who had been working in the North African country, according to the International Organisation for Migration. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Tunisian army soldiers try to calm down Egyptians during a protest by a refugee camp near the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir after fleeing unrest in Libya February 28, 2011. People in Tunisia and Egypt are driving to the border to help those arriving from Libya, with many hosting strangers in their homes, international aid groups said on Friday. More than 30,000 people have streamed across land borders in response to violence in Libya, mainly Tunisians and Egyptians who had been working in the North African country, according to the International Organisation for Migration. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Armed Libya civilians walk over the debris of a destroyed army barrack in the eastern city of Benghazi on February 28, 2011. Pressure mounted on Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi after his opponents overran towns and world leaders called for him to end his iron-fisted rule. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)

A young Libyan boy holds a toy gun while touring a destroyed army barrack with his father and siblings in Benghazi February 28, 2011. Pressure mounted on Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi after his opponents overran towns in his traditional western stronghold and world leaders called for him to end his iron-fisted rule. AFP PHOTO / MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)

A Libyan anti-government fighter carries a tank shell seized during clashes between anti-government protesters and Libyan government forces in the eastern city of Benghazi on February 27, 2011. Libyan protest leaders established a transitional \"national council\" in cities seized from Moamer Kadhafi, as world leaders called on him to quit and protesters closed in on Tripoli. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)

A Libyan anti-goverenment protester raises his country's old national flag in the eastern city of Benghazi on February 27, 2011. Libyan protest leaders established a transitional \"national council\" in cities seized from Moamer Kadhafi, as world leaders called on him to quit and protesters closed in on Tripoli. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)

A Libyan army tank manned by soldiers opposed to leader Muammar Gaddafi is surrounded by protesters against Gaddafi in the city of Zawiya February 27, 2011. Armed men opposed to the rule of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were in control of the city of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of the capital Tripoli, on Sunday. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)

TOPSHOTS A stranded foreign workers queue for breakfast under pouring rain in the port of Benghazi on February 27, 2011. Thousands of foreign workers fled Libya by air, land and sea the eve, in a vast exodus from the oil-rich North African state as terrified residents of Tripoli braced for a bloody showdown. AFP PHOTO / MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)

A civilian who has volunteered for the rebel army sits inside a weapons store in Benghazi February 27, 2011. The rebel army is preparing to fight Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Tripoli if necessary, an official in the rebel army said. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

AJDABIYA, LIBYA - FEBRUARY 27: A tribal rebel fires a rocket propelled grenade from a militia post on February 27, 2011 in Ajdabiya, Libya. Rebel militia there whipped into a frenzy after rumors that government troops loyal to President Muammar Gaddafi were preparing an attack. The opposition has consolidated its power in eastern Libya with President Gaddafi still in control of the capitol Tripoli. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Egyptians rush to take buses at the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir, after fleeing unrest in Libya, February 26, 2011. People in Tunisia and Egypt are driving to the border to help those arriving from Libya, with many hosting strangers in their homes, international aid groups said on Friday. More than 30,000 people have streamed across land borders in response to violence in Libya, mainly Tunisians and Egyptians who had been working in the North African country, according to the International Organisation for Migration. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)

An Egyptian refugee enters a bus from the window at a refugee camp after crossing into Tunisia to flee the violence in Libya near the border crossing of Ras Jdir February 26, 2011. Thousands of Egyptian refugees scrambled to leave a refugee camp set up by the Tunisian army, as they waited to be transferred to the nearby airport to fly back home. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (TUNISIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

The brother (R) of Salem Al-Moqlah, a Libyan who was killed in the recent clashes, react next to his grave in a cemetery in Benghazi February 26, 2011. World powers struggled to find a way to stop Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi lashing out at his people as he clings to power in Tripoli, the last big city where an uprising against his rule has yet to take hold. The country's second city Benghazi fell to the opposition along with much of eastern Libya earlier in the uprising, which began more than a week ago. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A man plays with his son in front of a cartoon depicting Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Benghazi February 26, 2011. World powers struggled to find a way to stop Gaddafi lashing out at his people as he clings to power in Tripoli, the last big city where an uprising against his rule has yet to take hold. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A Libyan mourner is held as he collapses during the funeral of Anwar Elgadi, 44, who was killed the previous day by security forces according to his brother Mohammed, in the Tajoora neighbourhood of Tripoli February 26, 2011. World powers struggled to find a way to stop Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi lashing out at his people as he clings to power in Tripoli, the last big city where an uprising against his rule has yet to take hold. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Former military officers are welcomed by the anti-Gaddafi protesters in Benghazi February 25, 2011. Libya's rebel-held city of Benghazi has filled a political void with a coalition which is cleaning up, providing food, building defences, reassuring foreign oil firms and telling Tripoli it believes in one nation. Weapons used in bloody clashes with pro-Gaddafi forces were collected and African mercenaries the coalition says the Libyan leader used to fire on protesters were in jail awaiting trial. The city paid a high price for the revolt with up to 250 dead. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT \"AFP PHOTO / LIBYAN TV\" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS An image grab taken from Libyan state television on February 25, 2011 shows Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi gesturing at supporters during an address at the Green Square in Tripoli. Kadhafi told his supporters to \"prepare to defend Libya\". AFP PHOTO/LIBYAN TV (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

Passengers disembark from the U.S. chartered ferry Maria Dolores, which was carrying hundreds of Americans and other evacuees from Tripoli, after arriving in Valletta's Grand Harbour February 25, 2011. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (MALTA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA

Passengers just disembarked from a ferry carrying Americans and other foreigners waves inside a coach at the harbor terminal in Valletta, Malta, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. The Maria Dolores ferry left Tripoli's As-shahab port on an eight-hour trip to Valetta. Its passengers, at least 167 U.S. citizens and 118 other foreigners, have been aboard the catamaran since Wednesday in their quest to escape Libya's escalating turmoil, but rough seas prevented the ferry from leaving. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Evacuees from different countries queue to board a ship to be evacuate from Benghazi sea port, Libya, on Friday Feb. 25, 2011. Tens of thousands of foreigners are trying to flee Libya, with Turks and Chinese climbing aboard ships by the thousands. Europeans are mostly boarding evacuation flights while North Africans have been racing to border crossings in overcrowded vans. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Police officers walk through the discarded belongings of people leaving Libya, outside the airport terminal in Tripoli February 25, 2011. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Libyans perform the Muslim Friday prayers outside the courthouse in the eastern city of Benghazi on February 25, 2011. Around 8,000 people gathered for the midday prayers with a local imam, who delivered his sermon alongside the coffins of three men killed in the violent uprising that routed Moamer Kadhafi loyalists from Benghazi. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)

Thousands of Libyans gather for the Muslim Friday prayers outside the courthouse in the eastern city of Benghazi on February 25, 2011. Perhaps 8,000 people gathered for the midday prayers with a local imam, who delivered his sermon alongside the coffins of three men killed in the violent uprising that routed Moamer Kadhafi loyalists from Benghazi. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)

Friends and relatives carry the coffin of a man killed during clashes between Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's forces and anti-government protesters ahead of the Muslim Friday prayers outside the courthouse in the eastern city of Benghazi on February 25, 2011 as the people of Benghazi gathered for their first prayers free of Kadhafi's rule. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)

A protester against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi walks over a rug depicting a defaced portrait of Gaddafi in Benghazi February 25, 2011. Libya's rebellious city of Benghazi has filled a political void with a coalition which is cleaning up, providing food, building defences, reassuring foreign oil firms and telling Tripoli it believes in one nation. The city paid a high price for the revolt with up to 250 dead. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION)

Libyans join security forces during a demonstration in the eastern city of Tobruk on February 25, 2011. Libya was on edge as forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi's crumbling regime staged a bloody fightback in western towns near Tripoli and the east declared itself free of his iron-fisted rule. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)

EGYPT-LIBYA BORDER, LIBYA - FEBRUARY 24: A Libyan border guard walks through an empty customs hall on February 24, 2011 on the Libya-Egyptian border. Eastern Libya is now largely under opposition control, while forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi battled rebels near the capitol Tripoli. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX***

Citizens tour an an underground jail that oppostion supporters excavated at a palace compound of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on February 24, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. The palace, like many government buildings in Benghazi, was heavily damaged during the previous week of fighting. The city is now under opposition control.

El Faitory Meftah El Bouras holds a portrait of his son Fathig during a protest demanding the removal of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on February 24, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. He said that his son was just one of many thousands of political prisoners killed by Libyan security forces during the decades of Gaddafi rule.

An opposition militiaman stands guard in front of the charred national security building on February 24, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. The building was destroyed last weekend as opposition forces battled troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Benghazi is now largely under opposition control, as Gaddafi's forces battled rebels near the capitol Tripoli. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

An army armoured vehicle is seen at a military airport runway in the eastern Libyan town of Al Abrak February 24, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Goats walk past a Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) at an abandonned Libyan air force base in the eastern dissident-held city of Tobruk on February 24, 2011 after the base was stormed by anti-government protesters on February 20. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Members of Libya's police forces waving their old national flag transport children in their pick-up truck as they parade in the eastern city of Tobruk on February 24, 2011. Residents of Libya's dissident-held east, frenzied by a deadly crackdown by Moamer Kadhafi's crumbling regime, vowed to march on the capital Tripoli as a string of towns famous as World War II battlegrounds fell under their control. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

Suspected African mercenaries stand in a room in a court as they are held by anti-government protesters, in Benghazi February 24, 2011. About a dozen people were being held in a court building who residents said were \"mercenaries\" backing Gaddafi. Some were said to be African and others from southern Libya. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Libyan protesters flash the V for \"victory\" sign and hold a caricature of leader Moamer Kadhafi during a rally in the eastern city of Tobruk on February 24, 2011 as residents of Libya's dissident-held east, frenzied by a deadly crackdown by Kadhafi's crumbling regime, vowed to march on the capital Tripoli. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)

This image taken from amateur video obtained Thursday Feb. 24, 2011 and released by Libyan opposition groups, purportedly shows a crushed red car surrounded by a gesticulating and distressed crowd, as tanks roll in the distance releasing exhaust smoke between Feb 18-19, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo via APTN) ) AMATEUR VIDEO SUPPLIED TO APTN BY LIBYAN OPPOSITION GROUPS - AP CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY OR CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO IMAGE.

This image taken form amateur video obtained Thursday Feb. 24, 2011 and released by Libyan opposition groups, purportedly shows fire in the middle of street, tracer fire and people running away between Feb 18-19, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo via APTN) ) AMATEUR VIDEO SUPPLIED TO APTN BY LIBYAN OPPOSITION GROUPS - AP CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY OR CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO IMAGE.

Libyan mortuary assisstants look to unidentified dead burned bodies who were killed last week during the demonstration against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi at a morgue hospital, in Benghazi, Libya, on Thursday Feb. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A man gestures inside a burnt state security building in Tobruk, east of Libya February 24, 2011. World leaders condemned Muammar Gaddafi's bloody crackdown on a revolt that has split Libya, but took little action to halt the bloodshed from the latest upheaval reshaping the Arab world. In cities like Benghazi and Tobruk, troops and police have either withdrawn or have joined with diffuse and disparate opposition groups to start providing some order and services. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

A man gestures in front of burnt vehicles in a state security building in Tobruk, east of Libya February 24, 2011. World leaders condemned Muammar Gaddafi's bloody crackdown on a revolt that has split Libya, but took little action to halt the bloodshed from the latest upheaval reshaping the Arab world. In cities like Benghazi and Tobruk, troops and police have either withdrawn or have joined with diffuse and disparate opposition groups to start providing some order and services. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Protesters chant anti-government slogans in a square in Benghazi city, Libya, February 23, 2011. Thousands of Libyans celebrated the liberation of the eastern city of Benghazi from the rule of Gaddafi, who was reported to have sent a plane to bomb them on Wednesday as he clung to power. The crew bailed out of the aircraft after it took off from the capital Tripoli. It then came down south-west of Benghazi, Libya's Quryna newspaper cited a military source as saying, averting a fresh bloodshed in almost a week of violence. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

A Libyan protester holds a weapon as he shouts slogans against Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi, during a demonstration in Tobruk, Libya, Wednesday Feb. 23, 2011. Thousands in the coastal town of Tobruk celebrated their freedom from Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday by waving flags of the old monarchy, honking horns and firing guns in the air around a city square where he once executed people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Anti-government protesters make victory signs as they stand on an army tank near a square where people are protesting in Benghazi city, Libya, February 23, 2011. Thousands of Libyans celebrated the liberation of the eastern city of Benghazi from the rule of Muammar Gaddafi, who was reported to have sent a plane to bomb them on Wednesday as he clung to power. The crew bailed out of the aircraft after it took off from the capital Tripoli. It then came down south-west of Benghazi, Libya's Quryna newspaper cited a military source as saying, averting a fresh bloodshed in almost a week of violence. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Protesters chant anti-government slogans as they demonstrate in a square in Benghazi city, Libya, February 23, 2011. Thousands of Libyans celebrated the liberation of the eastern city of Benghazi from the rule of Muammar Gaddafi, who was reported to have sent a plane to bomb them on Wednesday as he clung to power. The crew bailed out of the aircraft after it took off from the capital Tripoli. It then came down south-west of Benghazi, Libya's Quryna newspaper cited a military source as saying, averting a fresh bloodshed in almost a week of violence. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

An anti-government protester wearing a military uniform holds up an RPG launcher that was brought back after it was stolen from a military unit as people bring back stolen weapons to a state security building taken over by anti-government protesters in Ben Ghazi February 23, 2011. People in Benghazi said earlier they now felt safe enough to start handing in weapons recovered after security forces lost control of the Libyan city. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

A Spanish man is reunited with relatives after arriving from Tripoli to Madrid's Barajas airport February 23, 2011. Spanish oil company Repsol said on Wednesday it is evacuating its staff from Libya with a plane carrying 131 passengers, including 88 Repsol staff, and other passengers including three nuns and the trainer for the Spanish five-a-side football team, a spokesman for the oil company said. Governments around the world scrambled on Wednesday to send planes and ships to evacuate their citizens from turmoil in Libya, whose leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to crush a revolt against his 41-year rule. REUTERS/Juan Medina (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS)

Tunisians try to take the bus after arriving from Libya, on February 23, 2011, at the Ras Jdir border post, near the Tunisian city of Ben Guerdane. Thousands more Tunisians returned to their country to escape bloody unrest in Libya. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

Libyan army soldiers and other protesters stand over an army van shouting slogans against Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi during a demonstration, in Tobruk, Libya, on Wednesday Feb. 23, 2011. Heavy gunfire broke out in Tripoli as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi tightened their grip on the Libyan capital while anti-government protesters claimed control of many cities elsewhere and top government officials and diplomats turn against the longtime leader.The writting in Arabic read \"Libya, youth revolution \"(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Libyan protesters shout anti-Kadhafi slogans during a demonstration in the eastern Libyan town of Derna, between Tobruk and Benghazi, on February 23, 2011 amid reports that Moamer Kadhafi's regime has lost vast swathes of Libya's east to an insurrection. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

Libyan protetsers protest against Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi, in Tobruk, Libya, on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Heavy gunfire broke out in Tripoli as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi tightened their grip on the Libyan capital while anti-government protesters claimed control of many cities elsewhere and top government officials and diplomats turn against the longtime leader.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Russian citizens, who were evacuated from Libya, leave a plane owned by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry as they walk along a landing runway at Domodedovo airport outside Moscow February 23, 2011. Russia sent the first of four planes to Libya on Tuesday to begin evacuating some 500 of its citizens and 700 non-Russian employees of Russia's state-owned railroad company, Russian Railways, the Emergency Situations Ministry said. The first plane carrying 118 Russian citizens landed at Domodedovo airport from Libya on Wednesday, according to RIA Novosti news agency. REUTERS/Vladimir Smolyakov (RUSSIA - Tags: TRANSPORT CIVIL UNREST POLITICS PROFILE)

A Libyan popular defence committee, holds his AK-47 as he flashes V sign in front an anti-aircraft missile at an abandoned Libyan military base near Tobruk, Libya, on Wednesday, Feb.23, 2011. Heavy gunfire broke out in Tripoli as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi tightened their grip on the Libyan capital while anti-government protesters claimed control of many cities elsewhere and top government officials and diplomats turn against the longtime leader. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

An undated photograph made available on Tuesday, February 22, shows Libyans holding a flag from the pre-Gddafi era, as they take part in an anti-government gathering in the sea port city of Tobruk, north eastern Libya. Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi on Tuesday has rejected efforts to remove him from power, vowing that he would never leave the North African nation he has ruled for more than four decades and would die a 'martyr.'

A fire burns in a street in the Libyan capital Tripoli in the early hours of Tuesday in this image taken from TV. The bodies of protesters shot to death by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi were left on the streets of a restive district in the Libyan capital Tuesday, an opposition activist and a resident said, while the longtime leader defiantly went on state TV to show he was still in charge.

An image grab taken from footage broadcast on Libyan state television on Tuesday shows Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi delivering a nationwide address in Tripoli. Kadhafi says he will stay in Libya as head of revolution as world powers mobilised to try to halt the bloody showdown between protesters and his security forces suspected of \"crimes against humanity\" to keep him in power.

Protesters hold a picture of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi upside-down in the Libyan-Egyptian border city of Masaed on Tuesday.

A Turkish man, second from right, greets family members after arriving at Ataturk airport, after crossing from Libya to Egypt by land and onwards to Alexandria for a flight to Istanbul on Tuesday. Governments scrambled by air and sea to pick up their citizens stranded by Libya's bloody unrest on Tuesday, with thousands of Turks crowding into a stadium to await evacuation and Egyptians gathering at the border to escape the chaos.

Protesters ride pick-up trucks during protests in Tobruk on Tuesday. Libyan soldiers in the eastern city of Tobruk told a Reuters correspondent on Tuesday they no longer backed Muammar Gaddafi and said the eastern region was out of the Libyan leader's control.

Egyptians who fled from Libya through the Salloum land port gate wait with their belongings at the Egyptian-Libyan border, in Salloum, Egypt on Tuesday. An estimated 5,000 Egyptians have returned home from Libya by land, and about 10,000 more are waiting to cross the Libya-Egypt border, an Egyptian security official said Tuesday.

An Egyptian man arrives at a military field hospital run by the Tunisian army, after fleeing from Libya, on February 24, 2011, at the Ras Jdir border post, near the Tunisian city of Ben Guerdane. More than 30,000 Tunisian and Egyptian migrants have fled to their home countries from Libya since Monday, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday, adding that it expects tens of thousands more to leave. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)