Clinton calls on Gaddafi to step down

Spain: Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state has said Muammar Gaddaf should resign instead of issuing threats after the Libyan leader threatened on to attack European “homes, offices and families” unless Nato stopped bombing his country.

“Gaddafi should put the well-being and the interests of his own people first and he should step down from power,” Clinton said in Madrid on Saturday.

“The NATO-led mission is on track. The pressure on Gaddafi is mounting and the rebels have been gaining strength and momentum. We need to see this through and we are in complete agreement that we will.”

NATO said on Saturday that it was increasing the number of air strikes on western Libya, an area largely under Gaddafi’s control.

Sunday,Al Jazeera