Gadhafi OKs plan to end fighting
Monday, April 11, 2011 at 09:20AM Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has agreed in principle to stop all hostilities in his North African nation and allow outside forces to help keep the peace, his government and African Union mediators said Monday in a joint statement.
The announcement came the same day UNICEF, the United Nations children's agency, released a statement saying at least 20 children -- including some as young as 9 months old -- have been killed by shrapnel or bullet wounds in the city of Misrata.
Ramtane Lamara, the African Union's commissioner for peace and security, read off the agreement with Gadhafi early Monday, flanked by Libyan government spokesman Musa Ibrahim.
The deal announced on Monday does not address whether or not Gadhafi will step down, nor is it binding. It does have four basic elements, according to the memorandum detailed by Lamara:
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