Former minister headed the crisis team

Benghazi: Council leader Muammar Gaddafi anti-establishing 'crisis team' to appoint the former Minister of Libya, General Abdel Fattah Younes al-Abidi, as chairman.

Veteran of the army Gaddafi, Abdel Fattah defections to the rebel side in the beginning of the rise of mid-February Libyans.


Another military figure among the rebels, Omar Hariri, was given the responsibility of department heads of military rebels.

However, many still doubt the sincerity of the rebels Abdel Fattah record good relations with Gaddafi.


Meanwhile, the food supply in Misrata critical review and rebels hoping to channel humanitarian aid organizations.


One rebel said, after a siege and a half months, people Misrata facing shortage of fruits and vegetables.

"Before this, the supply is coming from the south, but the place is now dominated government forces," he said.

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NATO mistakenly bombs

HAS ... should not rebel fighters stand guard near their vehicle destroyed in the NATO jets bombed Brega, yesterday.

BREGA: air attack Nato forces should be targeted to the military regime of Muammar Gaddafi turned into a disaster when it is wrong locations, causing 13 rebels were killed, their spokesmen said yesterday.

According to the rebel fighters, the incident happened on Friday night when they fought with government forces in Brega.


Hundreds of fighters are young and inexperienced seen Brega ran from east to Ajdabiyah after being attacked with mortars and machine guns.

Before that, a more experienced team and strategic control of the town organized Brega, but because the media had to seek refuge in the east, is not clear whether the group is still holding or retreating into the desert.


Reporters who visited the air raids that saw at least four vehicles - including an ambulance - fire on the sidewalk.


Most of the rebels blamed on Tripoli agent mistakes that Nato air strikes.

One of them, Mustafa Ali Omar, said there were government agents infiltrated the group posing in and the anti-government fighters.


He said the agents involved in the use of arms antipesawat to deliberately shoot into the air.

"Not long after, NATO jets came and bombed them," he said.


However, other rebels say they shot themselves in error because the air until Nato troops thought the location was a place of security forces to be Libyan.


"Actually we are innocent," he said.


In addition to 13 rebels killed, seven others were injured.


Despite the mistake, NATO continues to insist the rebels are attacking the military regime of Gaddafi.


A spokesman for the rebels, Mustafa Gheriani, said the incident should be viewed in a larger context.


"It's a mistake is inevitable and regrettable, but we are now in an effort to get rid of Gaddafi of Libya.


"In the circumstances it would have died, and it is certainly a pity that we,

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Refuses to wear wedding rings

LONDON: Prince William will leave a young age when married, but the officer told the court yesterday that the prince would not wear a wedding ring.

His fiancee, Kate Middleton plans to wear a wedding ring made ​​of Welsh gold, the traditional practices of the royal family that practiced since 90 years ago after the couple married at the end of this month at Westminster Abbey. William spokesman said the decision was made at the request of the couple personally. According to him, more information on custom ring Kate and the source of the gold used in Wales will be announced before the marriage took place.


Wales is worth gold because of the quality and hard to find used in the royal wedding since 1923 and used the Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Diana. In the tradition of the gold pieces from the Clogau gold mine used, but mine has been closed and only the silver mines are still there.

However, the British government gave him a small golden princess of Wales in the 1980s to be used as wedding rings and gold may be used. Prince Charles and Camilla marriage in 2005 was also the source of the gold

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Military operations is not the solution: Germany

BEIJING: German Foreign Minister yesterday said the situation in Libya could not be solved through military action.

Guido Westerwelle instead called for a ceasefire when the Nato campaign was launched air strikes against the military.


Westerwelle was speaking after talks with his counterparts from China, Yang Jiechi in Beijing.

He was in Beijing for an official visit to Japan before.


"There is only a political solution and we must mobilize the political process. It can begin with a ceasefire to be followed Gaddafi to allow the peace process started, "he told reporters.


Jet bombers, the United States, Britain, France, Canada, Denmark and Belgium carry out attacks against Libyan military targets since March 19 and based on Security Council resolution 1973 of the United Nations authorizing 'all necessary measures' to protect the public.

The campaign was aimed at overthrowing Gaddafi is now faced with a rebellion against the 41 year rule.


China and Germany to take a neutral attitude in the poll.

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