Gaddafi hasn’t been seen in public for months but he did issue an audio message on Tuesday vowing “martyrdom or victory”.
The UN resolution mandating NATO action to protect civilians in Libya remains valid, a spokesman has said.
The bodies of 53 Gaddafi loyalists have been found at a hotel in the Libyan city of Sirte after apparently being executed, a human rights group says. Human Rights Watch said the victims – some of whom had their hands bound – died about a week ago. It is the latest accusation of atrocities in Libya committed by both sides during the eight-month conflict.
Rebel commanders say they have taken control of about 80 percent of Tripoli.
Forces loyal to Gaddafi are battling to retake a key city that rebels attacked at the weekend.
Libyan rebels have advanced into two strategic towns controling access to the capital, Tripoli.
The attacker detonated explosives in his turban as Mayor Ghulam Haidar Hamidi made an address.
International human rights lawyer Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni recently investigated the conflict in Libya.
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