Libya: Gaddafi troops 'force rebels out of Brega'
Dozens of rebel fighters pulled out of the area amid heavy shelling.
Libyan rebel forces have been losing ground for days, including the key oil port of Ras Lanuf on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the French government said it would speed up its efforts to persuade the international community to impose a no-fly zone over Libya.
Human Rights Watch said Libyan authorities had carried out a wave of "arbitrary arrests and forced disappearances" in the capital, Tripoli.
In Libya, rebels left on trucks equipped with anti-aircraft guns, retreating from Brega along the coastal road towards Ajdabiya - the gateway to the main rebel-held cities of Benghazi and Tobruk.
They said Col Gaddafi's forces had carried out air strikes, as well as shelling Brega.
The army is "marching to cleanse the country" of insurgents, military spokesman Col Milad Hussein told a news conference in Tripoli; Kazinform cites BBC.
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