Sunday, May 20, 2012

Vote in Libya's Benghazi tests support for autonomy

 

BENGHAZI (Reuters) - People in Libya's second biggest city, Benghazi, voted on Saturday in a local election that will test support for a proposal to set up autonomous rule for eastern Libya. Benghazi was the cradle of last year's revolt which overthrew Muammar Gaddafi but it is also the home of a movement which, frustrated with the new national rulers, wants to turn Libya into a federal state with autonomous provinces. Supporters of autonomy for Cyrenaica, the eastern province that includes Benghazi, were running in the election to choose a new city council. ...

Vote in Libya's Benghazi tests support for autonomy
Sun, 20 May 2012 08:43:31 GMT

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