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A car bomb exploded Wednesday outside a building that once housed the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi in what an official said was a warning that diplomats are not safe. The blast seriously damaged the foreign ministry building but left no casualties. |
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An attempted attack on the Ministry's headquarters in Tripoli took place at the same time as the attack in Benghazi. Security officials at the Ministry's premises in Tripoli ensured that the explosive device was defused before it could cause any harm. |
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Protests and strikes at several oil export terminals and production facilities in Libya have caused a sharp drop in oil output levels. |
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On Friday night, armed clashes erupted between Libyan border guards in Jeramlh and one local tribe, leaving 11 killed. Fighting between members of two rival tribes in a southwestern town near the Algerian border has killed 11, and forced several residents to flee. Clashes erupted late Thursday between border guards from the western tribe of Zintan and Garamna tribesmen, following a personal dispute. |
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Justice Minister in the Interim Government has revealed that he had been subjected to a kidnapping attempt yesterday afternoon when he was attending a funeral. |
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On 14 September a man was killed on Benghazi's Airport Road when ammunition in his vehicle exploded. |
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A freelance journalist who works for the Shuruq Libya newspaper and the Tadamoun news agency, was abducted at a military checkpoint near Martyrs Square on 14 September. After being stopped at the checkpoint for an ID check and identifying himself as a journalist, he was taken to a secret prison and tortured for about 12 hours. |
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US military equipment and weapons stored in Libya were stolen over the summer in overnight raids that happened at a military training camp, 27 kms west of Tripoli. |
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A Libyan army car exploded on the morning of 16 September in Benghazi's neighbourhood of Salmani, near the Al-Jara roundabout. The driver of the car was lightly wounded in the explosion and taken to hospital. |
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The bombing came a day after a spate of attacks in the eastern city killed one security service member and wounded another, security service spokesman Colonel Abdullah al-Zayedi said. The two men were ambushed by gunmen. |
