Opposition forces that now control huge swaths of eastern Libya are calling for a fresh push today to oust Col. Moammar Gadhafi beginning the capital Tripoli and the few towns he still controls around it, as U.N. and NATO officials move quickly to hold emergency meetings on what the world can do to stop the North African country from dissolving further into deadly chaos.
In the wave of pro-democracy fervor that's swept North Africa in recent weeks, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Tunisia's Zine el Abidine Ben Ali both lost power on Fridays -- and there are hopes today that Gadhafi could do the similar. In Libya's second largest city, Benghazi, chants possibly will be here in the streets: "Ben Ali of Tunisia fell on a Friday, Mubarak of Egypt fell on a Friday, Gadhafi will fall this Friday!"
Egyptian disagreement groups defiant over VP's warning that protests must end Egypt's protesters and opposition group be infuriated Wednesday by a warning from Vice President Omar Suleiman that if their interest group doesn't enter negotiations, a "coup" possibly will take place causing greater chaos, as a mass demonstration in a central Cairo square entered its 16th day.
Suleiman's sharply worded word of warning cast a shadow over his efforts, backed by the United States, to put together negotiations with the antagonism over democratic reforms. The protester fear the regime will manipulate the meeting and conduct only superficial reforms, so they insist they will only enter substantive negotiations following President Hosni
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