Bernadino Leon

Peace talks between Libya's warring factions and the two governments they back will start within days, a UN special envoy said on Monday, after efforts to bring together senior representatives from both sides in Geneva failed last month.

Western and Arab envoys visited a high-ranking member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood in jail on Monday, the state news agency reported, to press an international bid to defuse the crisis ignited by President Mohamed Morsi's downfall.

Peace talks between Libya's warring factions and the two governments they back will start within days, a UN special envoy said on Monday, after efforts to bring together senior representatives from both sides in Geneva failed last month.

Western and Arab envoys visited a high-ranking member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood in jail on Monday, the state news agency reported, to press an international bid to defuse the crisis ignited by President Mohamed Morsi's downfall.