Libya declares cease-fire after UN resolution vote
China Daily | Updated: 2011-03-19 07:45
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Demonstrators celebrate after a UN resolution authorizing a no-fly zone and military attacks on Muammar Gadhafi's forces, in Tobruk, east of Tripoli, on Friday. Suhaib Salem / Reuters |
BENGHAZI, Libya -Libya declared an immediate cease-fire and promised to stop military operations Friday in a bid to fend off international military intervention after the UN authorized a no-fly zone and "all necessary measures" to prevent the regime from striking its own people.
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