Ras Lanuf, Libya (ANTARA News/Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi`s forces launched a fresh bombardment on the eastern Libyan oil town of Ras Lanuf on Thursday, a day after warplanes were reported to have struck another oil port, rebels and witnesses said.

Bombs or missiles were landing a few km (miles) from Ras Lanuf oil refinery and close to a building of the Libyan Emirates Oil Referiny Company (LERCO) building, a Reuters witness said.

"One bomb landed on a civilian house in Ras Lanuf," rebel fighter Izeddine Sheikhy told Reuters.

He said the bombardment seemed to have come from the direction of the sea. This could not be confirmed.

A warplane was circling over Ras Lanuf, the Reuters witness said.(*)

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