Deadlock in Libya exposes growing rifts

TRIPOLI, Libya -Military deadlock in Libya has exposed growing international rifts, with critics of NATO bombing calling it another case of the West trying to overthrow a regime by stretching the terms of a UN resolution.

"Is there a lack of such crooked regimes in the world?" Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin asked on Tuesday. "Are we going to bomb everywhere and conduct missile strikes?"

A senior African Union (AU) official accused Western nations of undermining an AU peace plan that would not require the departure of Muammar Gadhafi.