Libya: Nato foreign ministers to hold talks in Berlin

Foreign ministers from Nato countries are due to meet in Berlin, amid reported disputes over the pace of air attacks in Libya.

The UK and France have been pushing for other countries to increase military pressure on Col Muammar Gaddafi.
Air strikes led by the US, France and Britain began last month. Nato has since taken leadership of the mission.
Ahead of the Berlin talks, the "contact group" on Libya issued a statement calling on Col Gaddafi to stand down.
The BBC's Stephen Evans reports from Berlin that foreign ministers will be trying to find a coherent strategy whilst holding different views over the role of military intervention.
Tasks in the Libya mission include policing the arms embargo with ships and enforcing the UN-backed no-fly zone.
The UK and France want more countries involved in the most aggressive role, that of attacking targets on the ground, with the obvious candidates being Italy and Spain, our correspondent says.
Only six out of Nato's 28 members are conducting air strikes, with French and British warplanes carrying out half of the flights, a French official told AFP news agency.

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The Libya conflict will also be discussed by officials from the African Union and Organisation of the Islamic Conference in Cairo. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Arab League head Amr Moussa are among those attending.

'Renewed atrocities' The US has scaled back its role in Libya, though on Wednesday it clarified that US jets were still carrying out bombing ra Continued