AJDABIYAH, Libya, (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s troops battled rebel fighters for control of the strategic Libyan oil town of Brega yesterday, as France promised to push harder for a U.N.-backed no-fly zone over the country.
Government troops advancing east along the coast road took Brega early yesterday in what looked like an increasingly confident drive towards the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
But the rebels, inspired by the overthrow of the Tunisian and Egyptian president to try to end Gaddafi’s four-decade rule, said they had re-taken
