Al Jazeera: "... Libyan rebels rejected an offer by Muammar Gaddafi to step down..."

"(Reuters) - Al Jazeera television said Libyan rebels on Monday rejected an offer by Muammar Gaddafi to hold a meeting of parliament to work out a deal under which he would step down....
Al Jazeera said Gaddafi wanted guarantees of personal safety for him and his family and a pledge that they not be put on trial. It said that Gaddafi had sent former prime minister Jadallah Azzouz Talhi to meet the rebels and offer to hold a meeting of the General People's Congress to work out the details of such a deal. The offer aimed at having Gaddafi hand over power to a committee formed by the General People's Congress, the television said."