NATO extends Libya air campaign

NATO has agreed to extend its military campaign in Libya until late September, keeping up pressure on Muammar Gaddafi still in power after 10 weeks of air strikes.
Hours after NATO aircraft launched new raids on Wednesday morning on the Libyan capital, Tripoli, alliance ambassadors meeting in Brussels decided to renew the mission for another 90 days.
"This decision sends a clear message to the Gaddafi regime. We are determined to continue our operation to protect the people of Libya," Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the NATO secretary-general, said.
"We will keep up the pressure to see it through," Rasmussen added after the North Atlantic Council, the decision-making body of the 28-nation alliance, agreed to extend the mission. The current military mandate expires on June 27.
Wednesday's decision will give individual nations time to prepare their contributions for the next 90 days, a NATO diplomat said