Hopes that Greece will get a second bailout and avoid a devastating debt default rose today.

Libyan rebels today recaptured most of a strategic oil town that has repeatedly changed hands in weeks of battles.

Libyan rebels pushed into the strategic oil town of Brega today but came under fire from Muammar Gaddafi’s forces, as a government envoy began a diplomatic push in Europe to discuss an end to the fighting.

An envoy of Muammar Gaddafi told Greece’s prime minister the Libyan leader was seeking a way out of his country’s crisis two weeks after his government’s attacks to put down a rebellion sparked international air strikes, Greek officials said.

An envoy of Muammar Gaddafi has met with the Greek prime minister in Athens and will travel to Turkey and Malta as the Libyan government seeks a way out of the crisis, Greece’s foreign minister said.