Russia urges UN probe of Libya killing

Russia has renewed a call on the UN Security Council to launch an investigation into the killing of dozens of civilians during NATO's bombing campaign in Libya. - During a meeting of the 15-nation Security Council on Thursday, Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin once again underlined the need for a probe into the NATO bombings in Libya, saying that the airstrikes during the Western military alliance's eight-month operations were "very disturbing." Churkin said a council-mandated investigation is vital, "given the fact that initially we were led to believe by the NATO leaders there are zero civilian casualties of their bombing campaign." He also reiterated that NATO has failed to provide the Security Council with details about civilian casualties.