Doctor: Hundreds killed in besieged Libyan city

About 160 people have been killed in the besieged city of Misrata over the past week in fighting between rebels and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces, a doctor said on Saturday.

Misrata is the last big rebel stronghold in western Libya but after weeks of shelling and encirclement, government forces appear to be gradually loosening the rebels' hold on the city, despite Western air strikes on pro-Gaddafi targets there. (Reuters)