Arab League supports no-fly zone in Libya

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Meeting for a special session in Cairo, the 22 nation Arab League have voted to endorse a no-fly zone in Libya.  The two nations that dissented were Syria and Algeria.

This fulfills one of the conditions that American officials and NATO have set forward to advance the possibility of enacting a no-fly zone.  The other condition, support from the U.N. Security Council, has yet to be met.

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