Libyan Port Rebels Reject Elected Parliament, Honor Oil Deal

A group of rebels campaigning for autonomy in eastern Libya rejects the parliament set up by another armed group in Tripoli but will honor a deal to keep major oil ports open, a rebel spokesman said on Wednesday. Libya's oil output has risen to 725,000 barrels a day, more than six times the level two months ago, after the rebels agreed with the central government to end a blockade of four oil ports in the east. Since that deal, the OPEC producer has been thrown into turmoil as a...

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