EU slaps Libya with sanctions

The EU imposed its own arms embargo, visa ban and other sanctions on Libya today as part of an escalating global effort to halt Muammar Gaddafi’s crackdown on rebels.

In a series of fast-paced developments, France pledged to send two planes with humanitarian aid to Libya’s opposition stronghold of Benghazi while Germany considered a two-month cut-off of oil payments to Gaddafi’s regime.