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4/10/11

Libya : African Union team in Tripoli to meet Gaddafi - by Harriet Sherwood and Chris McGreal

Leaders of five African countries arrived in Tripoli on Sunday to meet Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in an attempt to broker a ceasefire and a political resolution to the deadlocked two-month-old conflict.

The African Union delegation, led by the South African president, Jacob Zuma, may then fly on to Benghazi, the heartland of the rebels, to press for a diplomatic settlement.

The initiative came as Nato air strikes once again pulled the rebels back from the brink of a significant defeat by stalling a government assault on the strategic town of Ajdabiya, the gateway to the revolutionaries' de facto capital, Benghazi.

For more: Libya talks: African Union team in Tripoli to meet Gaddafi | World news | The Guardian

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