Arab League demands no-fly zone

The world moved a step closer to a decision on imposing a no-fly zone over Libya but Muammar Gaddafi was swiftly advancing on the poorly equipped and loosely organised rebels who have seized much of the country.

Mr Gaddafi’s forces pushed the front line miles deeper into rebel territory yesterday and violence erupted at the front door of the opposition stronghold in eastern Libya, where an Al-Jazeera cameraman killed in an ambush became the first journalist victim of the nearly month long conflict.