Nato warplanes target pro-Gaddafi areas

Nato warplanes have struck several targets in areas still loyal to fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi as revolutionary forces said they had to retreat after coming under heavy fire.

After a week-long stand-off over efforts for a peaceful surrender of Bani Walid - one of the last bastions of Gaddafi supporters - anti-Gaddafi fighters launched a two-pronged assault on the town that soon dissolved into street fighting.