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32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
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Clashes erupted in the Libyan capital on Friday between crowds demonstrating against militias in the city and supporters of a law to exclude Kadhafi-era officials from top government jobs. One report suggested pro-democracy protesters were attacked by supporters of the armed groups. |
| 5,641,190 |
32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
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In Benghazi, armed men waving guns broke up a protest by a group demonstrating against the sieges of government ministries in Tripoli, activist Mabrouka al-Mesmari said. |
| 5,641,193 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
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Libya's parliament passed a law on Sunday banning officials who served under ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi from government posts, a move that could push many of the country's new leaders from office. |
| 5,641,196 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
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Libyan militias are not backing down from their protests outside government buildings despite passage of a sweeping law that bans from government positions officials who served in senior posts under the former regime. Trucks bearing mounted machine guns stood outside the Justice and Foreign Ministry buildings on Monday, with gunmen raising signs demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ali Zidan. |
| 5,641,199 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
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Residents of the area around the foreign ministry in central Tripoli organised a protest in front of the building against the presence of weapons in their area. |
| 5,641,203 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
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In their latest show of lawlessness, gunmen stormed the state-owned electric agency and beat up the director, LANA reported. The attack forced the closure of the agency after workers denounced the incident and said that they would not be able to resume work without security. |
| 5,641,206 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
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Libyan militiamen withdrew their machinegun mounted pick-up trucks from outside two ministries on Wednesday but remained outside the foreign and justice ministries. |
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32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
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Bomb attacks targeted two police stations in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday, causing extensive material damage but no casualties, a security official said."Unknown individuals threw explosive devices at the police stations in Ras Obeida and Al-Madina," the official told AFP. The Ras Abeida police station was attacked by two vehicles. The first vehicle opened fire at the station, while a person from the second vehicle placed an IED at the station's entrance. They then fled the scene. |
| 5,641,214 |
32.10758 |
20.0832 |
Libya |
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Bomb attacks targeted two police stations in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday, causing extensive material damage but no casualties, a security official said."Unknown individuals threw explosive devices at the police stations in Ras Obeida and Al-Madina," the official told AFP. The al-Madina main police station at the heart of Benghazi was targeted by attackers on a vehicle who hurled an improvised explosive device (IED) above the station wall. |
| 5,641,217 |
32.08361 |
23.97639 |
Libya |
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Hundreds of Libyan activists rallied in three major cities across the country on Friday, denouncing the use of force by the country's unruly militias and decrying what they describe as political maneuverings by the nation's Muslim Brotherhood. Similar protest took place in the eastern city of Tobruk, where advocates for a semi-autonomous eastern region are active. |
