Libyan interior minister arrives with family in Egypt

(Reuters) – Libyan Interior Minister Nasser al-Mabruk  Abdullah flew to Egypt with members of his family today,  official sources at Cairo airport said, amid reports that he was  abandoning Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
They said the minister arrived in Cairo on a private jet  from the Tunisian resort island of Djerba early on Monday with  nine members of his family, telling security officials at the  airport that he was on holiday.
Reports have been circulating for hours that the minister  had defected from the side of Gaddafi, who is facing a possible  breakthrough in a six-month-old rebel campaign to end his four  decades in power.
No officials from the Libyan embassy in Cairo were at the  airport to greet the minister. Libyan officials were not  immediately available for comment.