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22 March 2011 Last updated at 14:50 ET

Libya crisis

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BBC live coverage of Libya crisis

1908: The US is also taking other measures to cut off the flow of money to Col Gaddafi. The Treasury Department is extending economic sanctions to 14 companies it says are subsidiaries of the Libyan state oil company.

Shadow of Iraq Intervention in Libya brings up memories of the campaign against Saddam Hussein

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The first wave of coalition attacks
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In pictures First wave of attacks on Colonel Gaddafi's forces

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