the message from Doha that Colonel Gaddafi must go. Destroying targets
within earshot of
the colonel could be part of the strategy to increase the pressure on him. The British and the French have avoided using the phrase "regime change", which has toxic associations with the invasion of Iraq, but that's what they'd like to happen. Britain talks about letting the Libyans decide, but the two countries, unlike some of their Nato partners, want to
deepen
their involvement in Libya's civil war.
Britain has now announced that it will be supplying the rebels with 1,000 sets of body armour.
State media in Egypt say the health of the former President Hosni Mubarak is unstable. Mr Mubarak has been ordered to be detained for alleged corruption and abuse of power during his 30 years in power. On Tuesday, he was hospitalised after being taken ill with a heart complaint during questioning. Mr Mubarak was overthrown by a popular uprising two months ago.
A commission set up by the Roman Catholic Church in Austria to investigate allegations of sexual and physical abuse says it's registered nearly 840 cases since it was set up a year ago. Many went back decades. Three quarters of the victims were male. The head of the commission, former provincial governor Waltraud Klasnic, said over 250 cases had been settled. A compensation fund was established last June.
Forensic
experts in Mexico have found at least 12 bodies buried in shallow graves in the northwestern state of Sinaloa. That find comes shortly after the Mexican government announced it would deploy extra security forces to Tamaulipas in the northeast, where more than 100 bodies have been found.