In Libya, anti-goverment rebels have been celebrating victory after troops loyal to Col. Gaddafi were forced to retreat following the battle in the eastern oil port of Brega yesterday. Jubilant rebels fired their guns in the air. Well-armed Gaddafi forces had arrived in large numbers, and at one stage appeared to hold the upper hand. But they were later forced to retreat. Meanwhile, Col Gaddafi warned he would fight until the last man and woman. In a televised speech, Col Gaddafi also said that thousands of Libyans would die if Western forces intervened.Meanwhile, the American Defence Secretary, Robert Gates has played down suggestions that the no fly zone might be forced in Libya to prevent Col. Gaddafi's air force from bombing rebels. Mr. Gates was speaking to Congressional Committee in Washington. International efforts to rescue the tens of thousands of migrants stranded on Libya-Tunisia border have been stepped up. Free planes charter by Britain have left the UK for Tunisia to rescue thousands of Egyptians stranded on the Libyan-Tunisian border after fleeing violence.