<p><br /> Italy has said 1,000 people may have been killed in Libya after an armed uprising against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.<br /> </p><p><br /> Governments around the world are scrambling to send planes and ships to evacuate their citizens from the turmoil in the north African country.<br /> </p><p><br /> Fears for the safety of foreigners were heightened after CNN-Turk news channel reported on its website that a Turkish worker had been shot dead at a building site near the capital Tripoli.<br /> </p><p><br /> Turkey, with 25,000 citizens in Libya, is mounting the biggest evacuation operation in its history.<br /> </p><p><br /> David Cameron has insisted that the Government is doing "everything we can" to help British nationals escape, amid criticism of the Foreign Office's response to the crisis.<br /> </p><p><br /> Britain plans to send a charter plane and is dispatching a Royal Navy frigate to waters off Libya. The United States said it would start evacuating US citizens by ferry from Tripoli to Valletta, Malta.<br /> </p><p><br /> Germany urged all its citizens to leave the country, as Chancellor Angela Merkel described as 'very frightening' Gaddafi's words that he was ready to die 'a martyr'.<br /> </p><p><br /> With eastern regions breaking free of Gaddafi's rule and deadly unrest hitting the capital Tripoli, the Netherlands, Greece, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Spain, Italy, Japan, Russia and Saudi Arabia also sent or were planning to send military and civilian planes for their nationals.<br /> </p><p><br /> Amid increasing chaos, and resignations by top Libyan officials protesting against Gaddafi's crackdown, some flights had difficulty getting clearance to land or depart.<br /> </p>
