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

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.