Gaddafi forces enter key oil port, battle rebels

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have entered the oil port of Ras Lanuf in the east of the country and are fighting insurgents for control of the town, rebels said on Friday.

Contacted by Reuters in the early hours by telephone from Brega to the east, rebel fighter Ibrahim al-Alwani said he and comrades still in Ras Lanuf had seen government troops in the centre of the town. "I saw maybe 150 men and three tanks," he said "I can hear clashes." (Reuters)