Libya: Rebels 'to open office in US' - Jeffrey Feltman (BBC)

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24 May 2011 Last updated at 11:46 GMT

Libya: Rebels 'to open office in US' - Jeffrey Feltman

US Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman has said Libya's rebels have accepted an invitation to open a representative office in Washington.

Mr Feltman is the most senior US diplomat to visit the rebels in their de facto capital Benghazi.

The US has insisted that Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi step down, but has not given the rebels full recognition.

The visit came as Nato planes launched a series of air attacks on Libya's capital, Tripoli, the heaviest so far.

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