Western capitals are holding urgent talks about what help to give Libya's rebels. On February 28th Britain's prime minister, David Cameron, told Parliament he had asked the chief of the defence staff "to work with our allies on plans for a military no-fly zone". But the next day brought cooler talk from America. Robert Gates, the defence secretary, said only that he was sending two naval vessels-an amphibious assault ship, USS Kearsarge, and an amphibious dry dock, USS Ponce-towards Libya, to provide humanitarian help.
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