World powers struggle to stop Gadhafi
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February 27, 2011, Sunday
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WORLD powers struggled to find a way to stop Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi lashing out at his people as he clings to power in Tripoli, the last big city where an uprising against his rule has yet to take hold.
US President Barak Obama signed an order prohibiting transactions related to Libya and blocking property, the first major step to isolate the North African leader.
"By any measure, Moammar Gadhafi's government has violated international norms and common decency and must be held accountable," Obama said on Friday.
A vote on a United Nations draft resolution was likely to call for an arms embargo on Libya as well as travel bans and asset freezes on its leaders after UN chief Ban Ki-moon said it could not wait.
Tripoli's streets were eerily quiet overnight, with portraits of Gadhafi adorning street corners and a few police cars patrolling after a day in which residents said prot-Gadhafi forces fired at and over the heads of protesters in many areas.
Up to 25 people were said to have been killed in one area alone.
US President Barak Obama signed an order prohibiting transactions related to Libya and blocking property, the first major step to isolate the North African leader.
"By any measure, Moammar Gadhafi's government has violated international norms and common decency and must be held accountable," Obama said on Friday.
A vote on a United Nations draft resolution was likely to call for an arms embargo on Libya as well as travel bans and asset freezes on its leaders after UN chief Ban Ki-moon said it could not wait.
Tripoli's streets were eerily quiet overnight, with portraits of Gadhafi adorning street corners and a few police cars patrolling after a day in which residents said prot-Gadhafi forces fired at and over the heads of protesters in many areas.
Up to 25 people were said to have been killed in one area alone.
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