Libya rebels recapture key oil town of Ajdabiya

Libyan rebels have pushed on westwards after recapturing the key oil town of Ajdabiya from Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's forces.



Reports said they later seized the town of Brega, 70km or 44 miles away.

The eastern towns along the coast had been lost one-by-one to advancing pro-Gaddafi forces before coalition airstrikes started last week.



Fresh air strikes have been reported at Sabha in central Libya.Libyan state television said military and civilian areas had been hit, but there was no independent confirmation.



The TV station also said there had been air strikes near Col Gaddafi's power base of Sirte, on the Mediterranean coast east of Tripoli.Earlier, reports from besieged rebel-held Misrata said shelling ceased when coalition planes flew overhead.