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African mediators in Libya as NATO hits tanks

The regime of Libya's Muammar al-Gaddafi has accepted an African Union peace plan designed to the end the current conflict, South African President Jacob Zuma said from Tripoli on Sunday, as air strikes took out 26 loyalist tanks.

A high-ranking African Union delegation arrived in Libya earlier to try to broker a truce between Muammar al-Gaddafi and rebels seeking to oust him, with NATO warplanes still in action against regime forces in the stricken port city of Misrata and Ajdabiya in the east.

Gaddafi's delegation accepted the AU's proposals, added Zuma, who was set to leave Libya Sunday though other members of the AU delegation would be staying in Tripoli overnight before travelling west to

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NATO forces Libyan rebel's fighter jet to land

NATO warplanes intercepted a MiG-23 fighter jet operated by a Libyan rebel pilot on Saturday and forced him to land after he violated a UN-mandated no-fly zone, a NATO official told AFP.

The jet had taken off from a rebel-controlled airfield near the eastern city of Benghazi in the morning and was intercepted within minutes, the official said on condition of anonymity. No weapons were fired by either side.

"No aggressive action was displayed by the MiG-23 and the NATO fighters proceeded to force it to land back at the Benina airfield," the official said.

The official added that the rebels had not warned NATO that one of their jets was going to take off.

It was the first time that any aircraft violated the no-fly zone since NATO

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