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| Libya: Russia tells Gaddafi envoys to spare civilians | Libya: Russia tells Gaddafi envoys to spare civilians |
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| Russia has called on Libya to stop using force against civilians and fully comply with UN resolutions. | Russia has called on Libya to stop using force against civilians and fully comply with UN resolutions. |
| Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who met two envoys of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Moscow, said the answer "cannot be called negative". | Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who met two envoys of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Moscow, said the answer "cannot be called negative". |
| The envoys, he added, urged the rebels to show the same restraint and called on Nato to stop its bombing campaign. | The envoys, he added, urged the rebels to show the same restraint and called on Nato to stop its bombing campaign. |
| Moscow has refused to accept the rebels as the legitimate power, and still has formal ties with Col Gaddafi. | Moscow has refused to accept the rebels as the legitimate power, and still has formal ties with Col Gaddafi. |
| After Tuesday's meeting with the Libyan envoys, Mr Lavrov said Tripoli should withdraw armed groups from cities, in line with UN Security Council resolutions. | After Tuesday's meeting with the Libyan envoys, Mr Lavrov said Tripoli should withdraw armed groups from cities, in line with UN Security Council resolutions. |
| "The main thing at the moment is to agree with terms and timeframe of a truce," he told reporters. | "The main thing at the moment is to agree with terms and timeframe of a truce," he told reporters. |
| Earlier on Tuesday, explosions were heard near Colonel Gaddafi's residence in Tripoli. | |
| Libyan officials later took reporters to the area and showed them the buildings, which were on fire after being hit in what appeared to be Nato air strikes. | Libyan officials later took reporters to the area and showed them the buildings, which were on fire after being hit in what appeared to be Nato air strikes. |
| A government spokesman said one of buildings was a security services office. | A government spokesman said one of buildings was a security services office. |
| In a separate development, the International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor pressed on Monday for the arrest of Colonel Gaddafi. | |
| Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Colonel Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanussi bore the greatest responsibility for "widespread and systematic attacks" on civilians. | |
| ICC judges must still decide whether or not to issue warrants for their arrest. The Libyan government has already said it will ignore the announcement. | |
| The uprising against Col Gaddafi's rule began in February, sparked by similar uprisings in neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt. | |
| It developed into an armed conflict pitting rebels - who control Benghazi and other eastern cities - against the forces of Col Gaddafi, who retain Tripoli and the west. | |
| In March the United Nations approved a resolution authorising "all necessary measures" to protect civilians. | |
| Russia was one of five nations to abstain in the UN vote, and has argued that the Nato campaign goes beyond the UN mandate. |