Libya announces cease-fire after U.N. action

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Photos: Libya announces a cease-fire on March 18, 2011, after the United Nations authorized a no-fly zone and "all necessary measures" to protect the Libyan people, including airstrikes.

Libya's Foreign Minister Musa Kusa (left) addresses the media in this image take from TV in Tripoli Friday March 18, 2011. The foreign minister said Libya is declaring a cease-fire and stopping military operations.

Moammar Gadhafi is shown during an interview Thursday as he comments on the prospects of a United Nations resolution against Libyan. In a show of defiance, his forces bombarded the last rebel-held western city, Benghazi, for a second day on Friday.

Libyan men, who live and work in Tunisia, drink champagne to celebrate the United Nations resolution, as the TV shows a live broadcast with people celebrating in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. The men are at a restaurant in Tunis, Tunisia.

Member states vote to approve a resolution that will impose a no-fly zone over Libya during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at UN headquarters Thursday, March 17, 2011.

Men, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, wait to be repatriated in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, March 18, 2011. More than 250,000 migrant workers have left Libya for neighboring countries, primarily Tunisia and Egypt, in the past three weeks.

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Libya's Foreign Minister Musa Kusa (left) addresses the media in this image take from TV in Tripoli Friday March 18, 2011. The foreign minister said Libya is declaring a cease-fire and stopping military operations.

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