Arab leaders to discuss Libya

Arab foreign ministers were meeting in Egypt today to discuss a no-fly zone over Libya as Col Gaddafi’s regime showed growing confidence after retaking a strategic town near Tripoli following days of relentless shelling against protesters-turned-rebels.

Ahmed bin Helli, the Arab League’s under-secretary general, said a no-fly zone proposition was on the agenda for today’s emergency meeting. Member states, however, were divided over how to deal with the Libyan crisis, saying it would be a tough debate.