<p>Pressing ahead with a campaign to help end Gadhafi’s rule, Nato warplanes pummeled a town west of the capital Tripoli despite unmet calls from the United States and Britain for more allies to share the logistical burden of the bombing missions.<br /><br />Russia, which has voiced misgivings over the use of foreign military force and has extensive commercial interests in Libya, wants to mediate reconciliation between Tripoli and the rebels.<br /><br />The latter, struggling against Gadhafi’s fighters, were promised more than $1.1 billion in aid on Thursday by Western and Arab powers convened in Abu Dhabi — though the donors also demanded details on how a post-Gadhafi government might work.<br /><br />In already war-ravaged Misrata, a Reuters journalist counted 10 bodies in a hospital following heavy shelling by Libyan troops to the west. At least 10 other people were wounded.<br /><br />The artillery barrage came close to the hospital, though the building is far from the front lines. Rebels said pro-Gadhafi forces had also shelled their positions in the Western Mountains region on Thursday night, and accused Nato of not doing enough to stop them.<br /><br />“They (Gadhafi forces) are shelling Zintan with Grad missiles,” said rebel spokesman Abdulrahman, referring to a town 160 km southwest of Tripoli. “There have been no Nato air strikes for a week.”<br /><br />A second rebel spokesman, Juma Ibrahim, said the towns of Yafran and Nalut had also been struck.</p>
<p>Pressing ahead with a campaign to help end Gadhafi’s rule, Nato warplanes pummeled a town west of the capital Tripoli despite unmet calls from the United States and Britain for more allies to share the logistical burden of the bombing missions.<br /><br />Russia, which has voiced misgivings over the use of foreign military force and has extensive commercial interests in Libya, wants to mediate reconciliation between Tripoli and the rebels.<br /><br />The latter, struggling against Gadhafi’s fighters, were promised more than $1.1 billion in aid on Thursday by Western and Arab powers convened in Abu Dhabi — though the donors also demanded details on how a post-Gadhafi government might work.<br /><br />In already war-ravaged Misrata, a Reuters journalist counted 10 bodies in a hospital following heavy shelling by Libyan troops to the west. At least 10 other people were wounded.<br /><br />The artillery barrage came close to the hospital, though the building is far from the front lines. Rebels said pro-Gadhafi forces had also shelled their positions in the Western Mountains region on Thursday night, and accused Nato of not doing enough to stop them.<br /><br />“They (Gadhafi forces) are shelling Zintan with Grad missiles,” said rebel spokesman Abdulrahman, referring to a town 160 km southwest of Tripoli. “There have been no Nato air strikes for a week.”<br /><br />A second rebel spokesman, Juma Ibrahim, said the towns of Yafran and Nalut had also been struck.</p>