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Libya's internationally recognized prime minister, Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani, said Tuesday he had survived an assassination attempt after leaving a session of the anarchic country's elected parliament.
Thani works out of Bayda, near Tobruk to the west.Militias in Benghazi are trapping civilians in the strife-torn eastern Libyan city, leaving them in dire conditions without food, medical care and electricity, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
One year after the launch of an offensive against Islamist militias in Benghazi, more than 1,700 people are estimated to have been killed and the capital of the 2011 revolution is reeling from near-daily clashes and shortages.
It also cited a Red Crescent volunteer as saying that the organization had registered 58 people who wanted to leave but were unable to for fear of being attacked by the militias.
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