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1:30pm: The Egyptian government has decided to end unrestricted entry of Libyan passport holders imposing visa requirements for Libyans travelling to Egypt. The new regulations caught many Libyans seeking entry to Egypt at Cairo International Airport by surprise, since many airlines had not been properly informed ahead of time before the Libyan travellers got on board of flights heading to Cairo.
12:37pm: Libyan rebel troops advancing into the loyalist stronghold of Zliten said on Sunday they lost one fighter and had 32 wounded by landmines laid by Moamer Kadhafi’s retreating troops.
Insurgents pressing out westward from the long-besieged city of Misrata said the ordnance was laid by Kadhafi loyalists falling back from their positions around Zliten.
“One of our fighters became a martyr and 32 others were hurt after an anti-personnel mine was placed by the forces of Moamer Kadhafi in their old positions in the Suq al-Thulatha neighbourhood of Zliten,” the rebels said in a statement to AFP.
Zliten, once considered a bastion of Kadhafi forces, is a key link on the road from rebel-held Misrata to the capital Tripoli.
11:00am: French military operations in Libya have cost 160 million euros, Budget Minister Valerie Pecresse said on Saturday, just days before a key parliamentary debate on extending operations.
France has spearheaded the NATO-led campaign in Libya and symbolically launched the first air strikes against troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in March.
But after more than three months of bombings aimed at tipping the balance of the conflict in favour of rebels trying to end Gaddafi’s 41-year rule, frustration is growing in Paris at the duration of the mission.
“The cost of our intervention in Libya has reached at this stage 160 million euros,” Pecresse, also the government spokeswoman, told the Journal Du Dimanche in a preview of its Sunday edition.
“Compare that figure to the 40 billion euro (French) Defence budget. We can absorb it,” she said.
Parliament votes on Tuesday whether to extend operations, with the opposition Socialists likely to back it while questioning in detail the government’s strategy in Libya.
Prime Minister Francois Fillon said this week the debate’s objective was to send Gaddafi a clear signal of the “total determination” of Paris and its allies.
1:30pm: The Egyptian government has decided to end unrestricted entry of Libyan passport holders imposing visa requirements for Libyans travelling to Egypt. The new regulations caught many Libyans seeking entry to Egypt at Cairo International Airport by surprise, since many airlines had not been properly informed ahead of time before the Libyan travellers got on board of flights heading to Cairo.12:37pm: Libyan rebel troops advancing into the loyalist stronghold of Zliten said on Sunday they lost one fighter and had 32 wounded by landmines laid by Moamer Kadhafi’s retreating troops.Insurgents pressing out westward from the long-besieged city of Misrata said the ordnance was laid by Kadhafi loyalists falling back from their positions around Zliten.
“One of our fighters became a martyr and 32 others were hurt after an anti-personnel mine was placed by the forces of Moamer Kadhafi in their old positions in the Suq al-Thulatha neighbourhood of Zliten,” the rebels said in a statement to AFP.
Zliten, once considered a bastion of Kadhafi forces, is a key link on the road from rebel-held Misrata to the capital Tripoli.
11:00am: French military operations in Libya have cost 160 million euros, Budget Minister Valerie Pecresse said on Saturday, just days before a key parliamentary debate on extending operations.France has spearheaded the NATO-led campaign in Libya and symbolically launched the first air strikes against troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in March.
But after more than three months of bombings aimed at tipping the balance of the conflict in favour of rebels trying to end Gaddafi’s 41-year rule, frustration is growing in Paris at the duration of the mission.
“The cost of our intervention in Libya has reached at this stage 160 million euros,” Pecresse, also the government spokeswoman, told the Journal Du Dimanche in a preview of its Sunday edition.
“Compare that figure to the 40 billion euro (French) Defence budget. We can absorb it,” she said.
Parliament votes on Tuesday whether to extend operations, with the opposition Socialists likely to back it while questioning in detail the government’s strategy in Libya.
Prime Minister Francois Fillon said this week the debate’s objective was to send Gaddafi a clear signal of the “total determination” of Paris and its allies.
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