Anti-Gaddafi figures say form national council

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Monday February 28, 2011 10:51:14 AM GMT

BENGHAZI, Libya, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Opponents of Muammar Gaddafi in eastern Libya said on Sunday they had formed a National Libyan Council, saying it was not an interim government but described it as the face of the revolution.

A spokesman for the new council said he saw no room for any negotiation with Gaddafi's government.

Opponents of Gaddafi, speaking in a news conference after a meeting to discuss forming a council that would support the movement to oust the Libyan leader, described an interim government announced by the former justice minister was his own "personal view". (Reporting by Mohammed Abbas; Writing by Edmund Blair in Cairo; Editing by Caroline Drees)

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