U.N. seeks Libya ceasefire talks; protesters oppose Congress


  • World
  • Saturday, 09 Aug 2014

Lebanese soldiers and Red Cross members inspect a car wreck in Tripoli August 6, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A U.N. delegation held talks in Tripoli on Friday to try to broker a ceasefire between armed factions that have turned the Libyan capital and Benghazi into battlegrounds.

The violence has sharpened Libya's political divisions, and on Friday several thousand people marched in Tripoli, Benghazi and Misrata, to protest against the newly elected parliament that Western countries hope will facilitate reconciliation.

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