G-8 leaders fail to agree on no-fly zone as Qaddafi takes rebel stronghold

Hundreds of civilian cars filled with rebels and residents clogged the highway leaving Ajdabiya after fighter jets bombed the center of town, inflicting dozens of casualties, according to witnesses…

The victory by loyalists deals a major blow to the 4-week old uprising against Mr. Gadhafi’s regime. Ajdabiya is the last major population center between government-controlled territory and Benghazi and could lead to the collapse of the rebels’ provisional government if Mr. Gadhafi is able to use his air power against rebels defending the city…

Hopes of quickly establishing a no-fly zone over Libya were dashed in Paris Wednesday when leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized nations declined to adopt the measure.

Instead, the G8 foreign ministers called on the United Nations Security Council to examine further sanctions against Libya, including economic ones, but made no mention of a possible military action against Col. Gadhafi’s regime, including the setting up of a no fly zone.