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Even Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini has now called for Colonel Gaddafi to step down (Photo: European Commission)

EU readying arms embargo on Libya

Even Italy, Libya's longtime close ally has called for the country's isolated leader, Colonel Moammar Gaddafi to go. The message came as the European Union readied sanctions including an arms embargo to be placed on the regime.

Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini on Sunday told domestic TV channel Sky Tg24 that Mr Gaddafi should step down, according to a report from Deutsche Presse Agentur. The comments came after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi admitted that the colonel had lost ...

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Even Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini has now called for Colonel Gaddafi to step down (Photo: European Commission)

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