Unrest grows in Gaddafi stronghold Tripoli

Pressure is mounting on Muammar Gaddafi from within his stronghold in the Libyan capital, with increasing Nato air strikes, worsening shortages of fuel and goods and a wave of anti-government protests in several neighbourhoods, according to an activist.

Gaddafi’s rebel opposition, meanwhile, received major political boosts from abroad. Britain promised to provide them with police gear and the Obama administration invited a rebel delegation to the White House for talks today.