The scenario on Libya's border with Tunisia has attained crisis point, as tens of a large number of foreigners flee unrest inside the nation, the UN says.
Aid workers seem unable to cope with all the influx, say correspondents. Some 140,000 have gone to Tunisia and Egypt.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has informed Western journalists he is cherished by his folks and denied protests in Tripoli.
His interview came amid studies that he is trying to regain manage of rebel places in western Libya.
Col Gaddafi is dealing with a massive problem to his 41-year rule, with protesters in manage of towns inside the east.
Witnesses mentioned pro-Gaddafi forces tried to retake the western metropolitan areas of Zawiya, Misrata and Nalut on Monday but had been repulsed by rebels served by defecting army units.
The rebels mentioned they had killed eight pro-Gaddafi militia, but there had been no opposition fatalities. There has long been no word from the federal government on casualties.
You will find fears in Zawiya that the city might be attacked from the air, but the rebels remained defiant.
"We're not
right here for energy, authority or cash," they mentioned in a concept aimed at Col Gaddafi.
"We are right here for the trigger of freedom and the price tag we are prepared to shell out is with our personal blood... It really is victory or demise."
In other developments:
* The Red Cross is requesting use of western Libya, amid unconfirmed studies of attacks on medical doctors and summary killings of sufferers
* Austria freezes property with the Libyan leadership worth 1.2bn euros ($1.65bn; £1.02bn) as Germany freezes the financial institution account of 1 of Col Gaddafi's sons
* Libyan air force planes reportedly attacked ammunition depots inside the eastern towns of Ajdabiya and Rajma
* About 400 protesters gathered inside the Tripoli suburb of Tajoura on Monday - Gaddafi supporters tried to disperse them by firing inside the air
* Reviews say there are lengthy queues in Tripoli financial institutions as folks tried to gather the 500 dinars (£250; $410) promised from the federal government in an attempt to quell the unrest
'Forgotten'
A spokeswoman for the UN Substantial Commissioner for Refugees, Melissa Fleming, mentioned 70,000-75,000 folks have fled to Tunisia because violence started in Libya on 20 February. A similar quantity have gone to Egypt, where most are in a position to proceed their journeys onward.
"Our workers around the Libya-Tunisia border have informed us this morning that the scenario there's reaching crisis point," she mentioned, quoted by AFP information company.
About two,000 folks are crossing into Tunisia each and every hour but when in Tunisia many of them have nowhere to go. One more 20,000 are mentioned to become backed up around the Libyan aspect.
Most are Egyptian, but you can find also significant figures of Chinese and Bangladeshis.
The Egyptians are angry, complaining that they have been forgotten by their federal government, says the BBC's Jim Muir around the border.
Temperatures plummeted overnight and our correspondent noticed the body of the youthful Egyptian gentleman who had apparently died of chilly.
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