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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/libya-braced-for-renewed-protests.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A man holding an automatic machine gun poses in front of a tank in the east Libyan city of Albayda (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-libya-braced-for-renewed-protests.jpg" alt="A man holding an automatic machine gun poses in front of a tank in the east Libyan city of Albayda (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Libyans are bracing for mass protests as the rebel movement called for a new push to oust Colonel Muammar Gaddafi after a day of fierce fighting.</p>
<p>At least 17 people died in clashes as rebels made new gains and advanced closer to his stronghold in Tripoli and pro-government forces attacked two nearby cities.</p>
<p>International momentum has been building for action to punish Col Gaddafi&#8217;s regime for the bloodshed.</p>
<p>The European Union&#8217;s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said the EU should consider sanctions such as travel restrictions and an asset freeze against Libya to achieve a halt to the violence there and move toward democracy.</p>
<p>Nato&#8217;s main decision-making body also planned to meet in emergency session on Friday to consider the deteriorating situation, although Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said the alliance has no intention of intervening in the North African nation.</p>
<p>The UN&#8217;s top human rights official, Navi Pillay, meanwhile, said there are reports of mass killings of thousands in Libya that should spur the international community to &#8220;step in vigorously&#8221; to end the crackdown against anti-government protesters.</p>
<p>Most of the eastern half of Libya has already broken away, and diplomats, ministers and even a high-ranking cousin have abandoned Gaddafi, who has ruled Libya for 41 years.</p>
<p>He is still believed to be firmly in control only of the capital, some towns around it, the far desert south and parts of Libya&#8217;s sparsely populated centre. Residents in several cities said the opposition had called on people to rally in demonstrations after Friday prayers.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Col Gaddafi&#8217;s son pledged that his family would &#8220;live and die in Libya&#8221;.</p>
<p>Saif al-Islam Gaddafi told Turkish journalist Cuneyt Ozdemir: &#8220;Plan A is to live and die in Libya, Plan B is to live and die in Libya, Plan C is to live and die in Libya.&#8221;</p>
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