Canada's minority government lost a parliamentary vote of confidence and resigned; a general election on 2 May is likely to be won by the Conservatives. In Australia the governing Labor Party was trounced in State elections in its New South Wales stronghold where it had ruled for sixteen years.
In Libya military movements mainly involved the retreat of rebel forces from coastal towns they had taken earlier in the week. In Tripoli the focus of interest was on the defection of foreign minister Moussa Koussa to Britain and the possibility that others close to Gaddafi would also leave. A conference of some 40 nations approved the transfer of military command from the US-UK-French coalition to Nato.
Forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara, the elected president of Cote d'Ivoire, moved to the south, occupying the country's capital and the principal port for cocoa exports. The former president Laurent Gbagbo continued to assert his legitimacy but observers believed his days were numbered.
David Sokol, hitherto thought of as Warren Buffett's successor as boss of Berkshire Hathaway, resigned to spend more time with his family's money; he insisted he had done nothing wrong in a shares deal under investigation.
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