(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 3, 2011: The besieged Libyan rebel city of Misrata was relatively calm Tuesday but braced for new attacks by Moammar Gadhafi's forces as an ultimatum to surrender expired, a day after shelling killed 14 people.
Libyan rebels wave their rifles during a rally in the eastern city of Benghazi on May 3, 2011 as hundreds of demonstrators including tribal elders rallied at Benghazi's Revolution Square to show their support for the rebel fighting pro-Moamer Kadhafi forces. (Photo - Getty Images)
However, fighting continued in the Al-Ghiran and Zawiat al-Mahjub areas near the airport, which rebels have been trying to capture from Gadhafi forces based there.
In their eastern stronghold of Benghazi, the rebels warned that they would soon run out of funds unless Western governments make them a $3 billion loan secured on frozen Gadhafi regime assets.
NATO said aircraft under its command carried out 158 sorties on Monday, 56 of them strikes against ground targets, which had included 12 ammunition caches and three self-propelled artillery pieces around Misrata.
Loyalist tanks had thrust into the western suburbs of the oil-rich North African nation's third city from their airport base, triggering clashes that wounded more than 30 people.
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