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Dozens of gunmen kept Libya's foreign ministry under siege for a second day Monday. Around 30 vehicles, some mounted with anti-aircraft guns, and unidentified armed men have encircled the foreign ministry in Tripoli since Sunday, demanding it sack officials from the previous regime of Moamer Kadhafi. |
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111 prisoners escaped on Tuesday from Sabha main prison, |
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On Tuesday, militiamen surrounded the justice ministry and ordered it shut. |
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Rogue militiamen continued to surround the Libyan justice and foreign ministries in Tripoli on Wednesday (May 1st), in an effort to bar former Kadhafi regime members from serving in government. |
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A bomb destroyed a police station in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi early on Thursday but caused no casualties, a security source told AFP, in a second attack targeting the building."An explosive device was thrown at Al-Baraka police station in Benghazi, destroying what remained of the building after the bomb attack that targeted it last weekend," |
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On Thursday, courts in the southern city of Sabha partially suspended work and judges and court employees held a sit-in to protest severe deterioration of security after recurrent prison breaks. |
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A Thursday demonstration in Tripoli's Algeria Square saw low turnout, reflecting waning enthusiasm or fear among local residents. Pro-democracy activists urged the government to disarm and disband the militias and held protests denouncing the armed groups. |
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Militia groups blockaded, for a fifth day, the foreign and justice ministries, and stormed the interior ministry and state TV buildings. |
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Fathi Terbal said he received death threats and was forced to read out a statement in support of the militias' moves.he and other activists were attacked on Thursday while meeting in a Benghazi hotel to organize protests. |
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In an incident overnight Tuesday to Wednesday a car blew up near a special forces patrol in Benghazi, wounding two soldiers. |
