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Libya: Fathi Bashagha, rival prime minister, ousted by eastern parliamentF

Related Content: The fleecing of Libya [listen as audio podcast] Also: How to Plunder a Nation: How the Ben Ali clan ransacked Tunisia’s wealth Libya's parliament, in the east of the divided country, on Tuesday suspended Fathi Bashagha as head of an administration...
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Libyan forces intervene to halt deadly clashes between rival militiasF

Libyan security forces said Sunday they had deployed in Zawiya after battles between armed groups in the western city left three people dead including two civilians, according to medics. "We have deployed on the instructions of the supreme military authorities in the...
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Algeria says army officer killed in clash with IslamistsF

An Algerian army officer has been killed in a clash with suspected Islamists during an operation southwest of the capital, the defence ministry said on Thursday. The captain died Wednesday during the operation to capture "a group of terrorists" in the wooded region of...
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Tunisia: Five killed in terror attack on Jewish community in DjerbaF

By Fethi Belaid and Akim Rezgui: Tunisia's small Jewish community was in shock and mourning Wednesday after a bloody shooting rampage in which a police officer killed five people outside Africa's oldest synagogue.   The shooting Tuesday sparked mass panic during an...
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