Libyan opposition government forming

1732: The rebel government, or National Libyan Council, has named a three-member crisis committee, which includes a head of military affairs and one for foreign affairs, Reuters reports. Omar Hariri, one of the officers who took part in Col Gaddafi’s 1969 coup but was later jailed, was appointed head of the military. Ali Essawi, a former ambassador to India who quit last month, was put in charge of foreign affairs.