Libyans vote for new parliament in test for transition


  • World
  • Wednesday, 25 Jun 2014

Ballot boxes wait for voters inside a school, ahead of elections tomorrow in Tripoli, June 24, 2014. REUTERS/Steve Crisp

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyans vote for a new parliament on Wednesday, an election officials hope will ease the chaos that has gripped the OPEC oil producer since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi three years ago.

Marking another step in its transition after decades of one-man rule, Libya is set to hold the vote as the North African country is slipping deeper into turmoil after a renegade former army general launched a campaign against Islamist militants in the east.

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