Gaddafi faces biggest challenge of his rule
Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi faced the biggest challenge of his rule amid reports that dozens of people have been killed as an offer by Bahrain's king of national dialogue to end the crisis there was rebuffed by the opposition.
The end of the Gaddafi regime in Libya is near and he must relinquish all power to avoid further bloodshed, a spokesman for EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said on Monday.