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NATO's leader confidently proclaimed on Sunday that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's days are numbered, but he couldn't foresee how long the alliance's grinding mission to protect besieged civilians will last.

One of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's sons, Saif al-Arab Gadhafi, was killed in a NATO airstrike, a government spokesman said Sunday.

NATO bombs struck a Libyan government complex before dawn Saturday, damaging two buildings, just as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi called for ...

Hundreds of chanting supporters waved green flags and pledged loyalty to Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi after thunderous explosions believed to be NATO airstrikes pounded targets in the capital.

France and Britain said NATO should be doing more to pressure the Libyan regime. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said the alliance should be firing on the weapons being used by Gadhafi’s troops to target civilians in Misrata.

Nato says forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are using human shields in the war-torn town of Misrata. The coalition says Col Gaddafi's troops are using civilian vehicles and hiding their heavy armour in civilian areas.

A "rogue" Afghan border policeman shot dead two foreign soldiers on a training mission on Monday, and hundreds of people turned out on the streets for a fourth day of protests against the burning of a Koran by a fundamentalist U.S. pastor.

NATO investigating reports that coalition jet struck pro-democracy forces in country's east, killing at least seven. Pro-democracy forces in Libya say at least seven of their fighters have been killed in a NATO air strike on the outskirts of the ...

The coalition has told the rebels that they are no less subject to bombardment by NATO planes than pro-Qaddafi forces if they endanger civilians.

The agreement by alliance ambassadors, meeting on Sunday night in Brussels paves the way for the United States to relinquish its temporary leadership of the operation, ending days of diplomatic wrangling.