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Photostream : Anti-government protests in Libya
 Ibrahim Dabbashi, Libyas deputy ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to the media after publicly calling for Libyas leader, Muammar Gaddafi, to step down, outside the Libyan Mission on East 48th Street in New York, February 21, 2011. The staff of Libyas mission to the United Nations declared allegiance to the people of Libya, instead of to its government led by Muammar Gaddafi, a mission spokesman said on Monday. REUTERS/Andrew Burton  Demonstrators hold up a banner featuring Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi reading Kadhafi is a murderer as they stage a protest outside the Libyan embassy in Istanbul on February 21, 2011. Turkey voiced "concern" Monday over bloodshed in anti-regime protests in Libya and scrambled to repatriate hundreds of nationals working in construction projects in the North African country. (Photo by MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)  Libyan protesters hold a giant flag on top of a building during a demonstration in the seaport city of Tobruk February 20, 2011. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi fought an increasingly bloody battle to hang on to power on Monday when protests against his 41-year rule struck the capital Tripoli after days of violence in the east. Picture taken February 20, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer  Libyan protesters take part in a demonstration in the seaport city of Tobruk February 20, 2011. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi fought an increasingly bloody battle to hang on to power on Monday when protests against his 41-year rule struck the capital Tripoli after days of violence in the east. Picture taken February 20, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer  Residents stand on a tank holding a pre-Gadhafi era national flag inside a security forces compound in Benghazi, Libya on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the countrys second largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with clashes in Tripolis main square for the first time. (AP Photo/Alaguri)  Residents are seen walking inside an unidentified burned building in Benghazi, Libya on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the countrys second largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with clashes in Tripolis main square for the first time. (AP Photo/Alaguri)  The pilot of one of two Libyan air force jets, right, stands next to his fighter guarded by Maltese security officers, at Maltas International airport, Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Two Libyan air force jets landed in Malta on Monday and their pilots asked for political asylum amid a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters in Libya, a military source said. (AP Photo/Lino Azzopardi)  One of two Libyan pilots, left, disembarks from his jet at the Malta International Airport in Gudja, Malta Monday evening, Feb. 21, 2011. Two Libyan air force jets landed in Malta on Monday and their pilots asked for political asylum amid a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters in Libya, a military source said. (AP Photo/Lino Arrigo Azzopardi)  VIDEO: The son of Libyas strongman Moamer Kadhafi warned on Monday the country would be destroyed by civil war if protests end his fathers rule, in a speech broadcast as bursts of gunfire broke out in Tripoli. (AL-JAMAHIRIYA)  Supporters of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi take part in a pro-government rally in Tripoli on February 17. Protesters on Monday overran several Libyan cities and Tripoli was rocked by violence some residents said was a "massacre," as the pillars of Moamer Kadhafis hardline four-decade rule began to crumble. (AFP/File/Mahmud Turkia)  Supporters of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi hold his pictures as they take part in a pro-government rally in Tripoli on February 17 as the country faced a nationwide "Day of Anger." Canada on Monday advised against travel to Libya amid what Prime Minister Stephen Harper condemned as an "outrageous and unacceptable" crackdown on anti-regime protesters in the North African country. (AFP/File/Mahmud Turkia)
 After days of unrest, the uprising has now spread to the Libyan capital, with gunfire rattling Tripoli, where protesters attacked police stations and the offices of the state broadcaster (AFP/Graphic) |
