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Libya: '600 killed in Bani Walid fighting in one day' - source: Video

Amid conflicting reports that the Libyan city of Bani Walid was captured by army forces, RT has learned that 600 people were allegedly killed in Wednesday's fighting, and over 1,000 have been hospitalized. Locals are appealing for international aid. Ref. Source 1

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Gunmen attempt to assassinate head of Libyan political party:

Gunmen attacked the hotel where Magarief was staying an engaged in a three-hour gun battle with his bodyguards, three of whom were wounded, the politician told state TV Ref. Source 9

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Libya's south teeters toward chaos :

Libya's long-neglected, isolated southern region has grown more lawless since the fall of Moammar Kadafi. Only ill-trained tribal militias hold Islamist extremists at bay. Ref. Source 7

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Adviser to Libyan PM seized in Tripoli: source:

Mohamed Ali Ghatous, in his 50s, was seized after passing a checkpoint into the eastern Tripoli suburb of Tajoura. A source at Zeidan's office said Ghatous was a senior adviser to the prime minister. Ref. Source 1

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Libya adopts law barring Kadhafi-era officials:

Gunmen who had surrounded the foreign and justice ministries to press for officials from the dictator Moamer Kadhafi's regime who hold top government jobs to be sacked welcomed the vote and lifted their siege. Ref. Source 7

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Libyan militiamen attack anti-Islamist protestors


Scores of Libyan militiamen descended on an anti-Islamist rally in the nation's capital, Tripoli, kicking and beating protesters who had taken to the streets Friday as part of a call for mass demonstrations against the country's unruly...
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Libyans aren't enjoying equal rights:

Two years after the formal liberation of Libya on Oct. 23, 2011, a country very different from that envisioned in the Draft Constitutional Charter - a document that declared all Libyans to be equal before the law to enjoy equal civil and political rights - is emerging. Ref. Source 5

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Libya Is a Failed State: Op-Ed:

Last week gunmen seized Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan from a hotel in central Tripoli, releasing him shortly afterwards, but making it clear that post-Gaddafi Libya is a failed state and that the government is incapable of taking full control over its oilfields and export terminals. Ref. Source 7