Fighter plane shot down over Benghazi in eastern Libya. It's on.
A plane has been shot down over the main rebel-held city in eastern Libya. An Associated Press reporter saw the plane go down in flames outside Benghazi early Saturday after the area came under shelling. A black cloud went up over the city's southern outskirts. Moammar Gadhafi's government declared a cease-fire Friday in an attempt to outmaneuver Western military intervention. But the opposition has been saying shells rained down well after the announcement and accused the Libyan leader of lying.
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