Kadhafi to make public address: TV

TRIPOLI: Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi is soon to make a public address in Zawiyah city west of Tripoli, state television said Thursday, two days after he broke cover to urge his supporters to crush an insurrection.

The television gave no further details.

On Tuesday, in a defiant, sometimes rambling speech on television, Kadhafi vowed to remain in Libya as head of its revolution, saying he would die as a martyr in the land of his ancestors and fight to the "last drop" of his blood.

He also ordered the army and police to crush the popular uprising against his iron-fisted four-decade rule that has left hundreds dead.

Residents of Libya's dissident-held east vowed on Thursday to march on Tripoli to oust the veteran leader.