Gaddafi loyalists still resisting

Families in pickup trucks stacked with mattresses and jugs of water fled Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte ahead of an expected new push by revolutionary forces to seize the city, as the anti-Gaddafi forces claimed progress in the battle for a city in the remote southern desert.

A commander of the new government’s forces said they were in control of most of the Gaddafi desert stronghold of Sabha after a day of fighting.