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Source: BBC News

Pro-government forces have intensified attacks on Libyan rebels, forcing them back to the key town of Bin Jawad.

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Anti-Gaddafi forces had made rapid progress westwards from their stronghold in Benghazi in recent days - greatly aided by international air strikes - seizing a number of coastal communities and important oil installations, including Ras Lanuf, Brega, Uqayla and Bin Jawad.

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They have been forced to retreat from the town of Nawfaliya, 120km (75 miles) from Col Gaddafi's birthplace Sirte, to the coastal town of Bin Jawad, some 30km further east.

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Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the UN, said on Tuesday the US had not ruled out arming the rebel forces.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12892798

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