(Euronews: 0200 PST, February 28, 2011) Libya's uprising is moving ever closer to Tripoli with rebels taking Zawiyah. There are reports that troops loyal to Gaddafi are waiting to launch a counter-attack. Zawiyah's strategic significance lies in it being only 50 kilometres from the Libyan leader's stronghold in the capital Tripoli.

But each gain for the rebels has not been without cost. Fierce fighting has left an unconfirmed number dead. A doctor told reporters that he had been in Zawiyah for three days and he had seen 24 people shot dead.

Tobruk's People - Driven to Rebel

(Euronews: 0200 PST, February 28, 2011) Although Tobruk is an impoverished city it has a reputation for being a bastion of resistance. In the last century Tobruk was the final town to fall under the control of an Italian colonial administration. One local resident said: "This time the revolution was sparked for economic reasons as well as the absence of free of speech, the situation of the country was in a deplorable state." As the fight continued the city's prison was raised to the ground.

(Associated Press: 0445 PST, February 25, 2011) Military desertion has helped parts of eastern Libya break away from the control of Moammar Gadhafi. But soldiers backing the rebellion and other government opponents fear a fight against merecenaries for control of Tripoli.

(Euronews: 0400 PST, February 23, 2011) Some of the first professional images to come out of Libya appear to show anti-Gaddafi rebels in control of the eastern city of Tobruk. Soldiers said they no longer backed the Libyan leader and that the eastern region was out of his control. They have been operating checkpoints and denouncing Gaddafi. One general said he decided to switch sides after hearing the authorities had given orders to fire on civilians.

Tobruk lies close to the Egyptian border. Thousands have been fleeing across the frontier to make it home to Egypt and escape the violence.

Libyans Count the Cost of Their Revolt

(Euronews: 0300 PST, February 23, 2011) According to Libyan authorities, the violence that has accompanied Libya's bloody revolt against the Gaddafi regime has left 300 dead, including over 100 soldiers. But, as families buried their dead at a cemetery in Tripoli, residents believing their own eyes put the toll far higher. Human Rights Watch and opposition groups say more than twice that number have died.

In towns where Gaddafi's grip has been challenged, locals have been tearing down symbols of the regime.