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Loss of life feared in new Nato strikes near Tripoli

Updated at: 1116 PST,  Sunday, May 15, 2011  TRIPOLI: NATO late Saturday carried out air strikes in the Libyan regions of Bir Al-Ghanam, Njila and the city of Al-Azizya, southwest of the capital Tripoli, state news agency JANA reported. Citing a military source, the agency reported that "civilian and military" sites had been targeted and that the strikes had caused "human and material damage." It provided no further details. NATO has been bombing Libyan military targets since March in a bid to prevent strongman Moamer Kadhafi from killing scores of his own people in urban areas as set out under a UN resolution to protect civilians