Three more countries recognise Libya rebels-spokesman

ROME, (Reuters) – Spain, Denmark and the Netherlands  have joined Italy and France in recognising the Transitional  National Council of rebels fighting to overthrow Muammar  Gaddafi, a rebel spokesman said today.
Mahmoud Shammam told reporters at a meeting of an  international anti-Gaddafi coalition that the cash-strapped  rebels only had enough funds to pay for their immediate needs in  food, public salaries and medicine until the end of May.
They needed $2-3 billion dollars in urgent funding, he said.
“There are three more countries that have recognised us this  morning, Holland, Denmark and Spain. And there will be possibly  more after the meeting,” Shammam said. Meeting hosts Italy  earlier appealed for more members of the NATO-led coalition to  recognise the Benghazi-based rebels.