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Resources in Ajdabiya, human and material, already acutely stretched, have dwindled even further.

Serious fractures emerged in the international community yesterday over military intervention in Libya.

A best-case scenario in Libya would see the quick dissolution of Gaddafi's forces.

The <i>Independent</i>'s Patrick Cockburn looks at the various scenarios that may emerge in Libya over the coming weeks.

Cabinet agreed today to give $1m to support the Red Cross effort in Japan, Prime Minister John Key announced this afternoon, and also confirmed four NZers were still in Libya.

For a brief, happy period on Saturday, it seemed the United Nations Security Council resolution adopted in New York the previous day had stopped Muammar Gaddafi in his tracks.

Bombing continued on Libya's eastern front line, just over two hours after the regime in Tripoli had officially declared a ceasefire after the UN resolution authorising military action in Libya.

Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi has threatened retaliatory attacks against passenger aircraft in the Mediterranean if foreign countries made air strikes against his country.

The two jets swooped low and fast, the missiles exploding nearby and forcing those on the road to dive for cover.

Africa and the Middle East is proving there is no future in fighting the popular will.

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's second son counts Prince Andrew and Tony Blair as friends but he is losing popularity in the Western world.