U.N. secretary general to meet with regional organizations on Libya

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will meet with the leaders of regional organizations in New York on Friday to discuss ways of working together to rebuild Libya. "The secretary-general has invited the heads of the League of Arab States, the African Union, the European Union and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation for a meeting on Libya on the 26th of August in New York," U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said. Meanwhile, Libya's former deputy ambassador to the U.N. says he expects that the entire country will be in rebel hands within 72 hours. Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi said that the new government will count on the international community for help in rebuilding the country and constructing new democratic institutions .