Libya: 'more than 1,000 dead'
More, than 1,000 people are thought to have died in violence in Libya as government forces continue to crackdown on protesters demanding an end to Col Gaddafi's regime.
Ital'ys foreign minister, Franco Frattini, said: "We believe that the estimates [of the death toll] of about 1,000 are credible."
The updated death toll came as French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for Europe to suspend all economic ties with Libya following the suppression of opposition protests there and to adopt sanctions against the country.