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1400 GMT: Residents in Zawiyah, just 60 kilometres (40 miles) west of Tripoli, have been telling AFP how heavily-armed pro-Kadhafi militiamen attempted to retake control of the middle-class dormitory town overnight. The fighters fell back when they met resistance from armed opposition supporters in control of the city centre.
"Today, it's very calm, I'm able to get around town as normal," one resident said, reached by telephone. "The militiamen did not enter the city centre. They are still on the outskirts. They are heavily armed and have tanks with them."
1356 GMT: Here's a roundup of today's main events so far:
-- The UN's refugee agency says the situation on the Libya-Tunisia border is reaching crisis point. Between 70,000 and 75,000 people have crossed the border since February 20, with between 10,000 and 15,000 more expected on Tuesday. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says two US relief teams are being sent to Libya's borders with Egypt and Tunisia, adding that Washington has set aside $10 million in emergency assistance.
-- On the ground, the cities of Misrata, east of Tripoli, and Gherian to its south remain in opposition hands, as does virtually all of the east of the country including several key oil fields.
-- Austria has announced a freeze on the assets of Kadhafi and his close associates, while Germany says it is freezing an account at a German bank held by Moamer Kadhafi's son containing two million euros ($2.8 million). British publisher Pearson, which owns the Financial Times newspaper, has frozen the Libyan state's shares in the company.
Elsewhere in the region:
-- In Yemen, tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the capital Sanaa to demand the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Saleh has blamed the US and Israel for the wave of Middle Eastern unrest.
-- Tanks have dispersed demonstrators in Oman's industrial city of Sohar, who had been occupying a roundabout for three nights. Clashes had erupted at the intersection on Sunday, killing at least one protester.
1342 GMT: In Tunisia, the country that sparked the wave of unrest spreading across the Arab world, two more ministers have quit the interim government. This follows the resignations of the prime minister and two other ministers after weeks of protests about the caretaker authority.
1335 GMT: The Organisation of the Islamic Conference, representing 57 Muslim countries, says it is against any military intervention in Libya. "All options should be utilised for the settlement of disputes through peaceful means and without resorting to the use of force," OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has told the UN Human Rights Council. The United States on Monday positioned naval and air forces around Libya.
1328 GMT: European Union leaders are to hold an extraordinary summit on March 11 to agree a response to the crisis in Libya and events across North Africa, an EU diplomat has said.
1318 GMT: Paul Wolfowitz, the USA's former deputy defence secretary, tells the British broadcaster Sky that the US "went too far" in welcoming Kadhafi as a legitimate leader after he gave up weapons of mass destruction.