Gaddafi to face crimes probe

In Paris,French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said France and Britain would support the idea of setting up a no-fly zone over Libya if Gaddafis forces continued to attack civilians.

In Libyas east,the site of a struggle for control of a strategically vital Mediterranean coastal road and oil facilities,witnesses said a warplane for a second day bombed the oil port of Brega,800 km east of Tripoli.

But on the ground,events appeared to turn against Gaddafi,as rebels spearheading the unprecedented popular revolt pushed their frontline against government loyalists west of Brega,where they had repulsed an attack a day earlier.

In The Hague,International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Gaddafi and members of his inner circle,including some of his sons,could be investigated for alleged crimes committed since the uprising broke out in mid-February.

He said a request for arrest warrants over Libya could be made in a few months time.

We have identified some individuals in the de facto or former authority who have authority over the security forces who allegedly committed the crimes, Moreno-Ocampo said.

They are Muammar Gaddafi,and his inner circle,including some of his sons,who had this de facto authority. There are also some people with formal authority who should pay attention to crimes committed by their people.