19/03/2011 12:25
Plane shot down over Benghazi
A plane has been shot down over the main rebel-held city in eastern Libya.
Al Arabiya television aired footage of what it said was a military aircraft that had been shot down over Benghazi.
The video showed an object on fire falling behind a built up area.
An Associated Press reporter saw the plane go down in flames outside Benghazi early on Saturday after the area came under shelling.
A black cloud went up over the city's southern outskirts.
Muammar Gaddafi's government declared a ceasefire on Friday in an attempt to outmanoeuvre Western military intervention. But the opposition has been saying shells rained down well after the announcement and accused the Libyan leader of lying.