1850: France's air force has destroyed some tanks and armoured vehicles in Libya, a French defence ministry official confirms. Al-Jazeera had reported earlier that four Libyan tanks were destroyed to the south-west of Benghazi.
1904: A US defence official tells Reuters that the US Navy has three submarines in the Mediterranean preparing for operations in Libya.
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1921: US President Barack Obama will make a statement on Libya to reporters in Brasilia, Brazil, within the hour, the White House says.
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