Gaddafi under pressure as travel ban issued

EMBATTLED Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, under intense pressure to quit, was slapped with an EU visa ban while ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was also hit by travel restrictions.

The European Union, moving quickly to avoid a descent into civil war and further bloodshed in Libya, said it had imposed an asset freeze and visa ban on Gaddafi and 25 others accused of brutalising civilians.

In line with a UN resolution adopted on Saturday, the 27-nation bloc banned the supply to Libya of arms, ammunition and related material.