Libya's interim government forces say they have made progress in their advance on Sirte, a stronghold of forces loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi.
A spokesman for the anti-Gaddafi forces said the city's airport and a nearby military base had been captured.
There are also reports of heavy fighting in another Gaddafi stronghold, the town of Bani Walid.
Col Gaddafi has been in hiding since opposition forces captured the capital Tripoli in August.
His remaining forces are holding out in Sirte, Bani Walid and several other towns while forces of the new interim leadership, the National Transitional Council (NTC), try to assert full control over the country.
A spokesman for the military council in the city of Misrata, on the coast between Sirte and Tripoli, said some fighters had advanced to within 7km (4.3 miles) of the centre of Sirte.
BBC
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