• Ben Curtis / AP

    A wounded prisoner from Gadhafi's forces is transported in the back of a pickup truck by rebels to take him to a hospital for treatment, halfway between Brega and Ajdabiya, Libya, Saturday, April 9. Rebels say they took two prisoners after a clash with soldiers near Brega's university outside the government-controlled oil facilities, marking a noticeable advance by rebels struggling to push back Moammar Gadhafi's forces.

    Libyan rebels take a wounded prisoner for treatment

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  • Libyan rebels try to retake the northeastern oil port of Brega

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    Libyan rebels drive their vehicle to the font line near Ajdabiya, in Benghazi, eastern Libya on April 6. Libyan rebels trying to retake the northeastern oil port of Brega were pushed back to the city of Ajdabiya by Muammar Gadhafi's armed forces. The rebels were coming under heavy shelling some 30 kilometres outside Adjabiya, located between Brega and the rebel stronghold of Benghazi in the east, one source in Benghazi told the German Press Agency dpa. EPA/MAURIZIO GAMBARINI

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  • Airstrike hits Libyan military convoy as rebels regroup

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    A Libyan rebel inspects one of two destroyed military vehicles of pro-Gadhafi forces that rebels claim were targeted by a NATO strike along the front line near Brega on April 5.

    BREGA, Libya — An airstrike hit a convoy of Libyan military vehicles moving toward rebel lines outside the eastern oil port of Brega on Tuesday, rebels said as they regrouped outside the city. The regime, meanwhile, insisted Moammar Gadhafi won't step down but said it is ready to discuss changes in how the country is governed.

    Nasser Nasser / AP

    Libyan rebels inspect two destroyed military vehicles of pro-Gadhafi forces that rebels claim were targeted by a NATO strike along the front line near Brega on April 5. Libya's rebel forces are looking more effective on the front and even scrapping back some of the territory lost to Moammar Gadhafi's army, but the ragtag fighters are still a long way from being able to march to Tripoli.

    Backed by an international air campaign, the rebels have made inroads in recent days in eastern Libya. They advanced under artillery fire Monday and took part of Brega, an oil town that has changed hands several times since the fighting began last month.

    Rebel officer Abdel-Bast Abibi said the two sides battled inside the city until nightfall, then the rebels moved back to the outskirts. It was a quiet night, but an airstrike struck early Tuesday as a convoy of eight Libyan military vehicles advancing toward the rebel positions, he said.

    Mahmud Hams / AFP - Getty Images

    Libyan rebels clean the road after moving one of two loyalist pick-up trucks destroyed by a NATO airstrike on April 5 near Brega.

    The strike hit two of the vehicles, prompting the others to turn around and race back into the city, carrying the bodies of slain pro-Gadhafi troops, Abibi said, citing surveillance teams.

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    Libyan rebels look at one of two loyalist pick-up trucks destroyed by a NATO airstrike on April 5 near Brega

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  • Boy steals car from Gadhafi's forces to escape besieged Libyan town

    Another extraordinary story of bravery and foolhardiness out of Libya today: a young boy says that he stole a vehicle from Moammar Gadhafi's forces in order to escape the besieged town of Brega. He then drove at speed through the rebel front line, causing panic and coming under fire as he did so.  

    Ben Curtis / AP

    A young boy who said he had spent two days in besieged Brega and stolen a vehicle belonging to Moammar Gadhafi's forces in order to return to the rebel side, is questioned by rebel fighters near the front line east of Brega on April 3. Rebel fighters shot the tires out of the vehicle as it sped through the front line but released the boy after listening to his story.

    Ben Curtis / AP

    Rebel fighters shoot the tires out of a vehicle, unseen, belonging to Gadhafi's forces as it sped through the rebel front line on April 3. The vehicle was driven by a young boy who said he had spent two days in besieged Brega and stolen the vehicle in order to return to the rebel side.

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    Rebels run for cover as they come under fire from pro-Gadhafi forces as they engage in battle near the oil rich town of Brega in eastern Libya on April 3.

    The battle for Brega

    BREGA, Libya — Libyan rebels put their best troops in to battle Moammar Gadhafi's forces for the eastern oil town of Brega on Sunday while Western warplanes flew overhead and the sound of explosions ripped through the air.

    "There is fighting going on inside Brega, Gadhafi's forces are based inside Brega university, and we're shelling them and advancing them bit by bit," said Col. Juma Abdel-Hamid, as Grad rockets fired off toward government positions.

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