TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Oil workers, civil servants and private sector staff went on strike in the Libyan port city of Benghazi on Tuesday, protesting against deteriorating security a day after deadly clashes there between the army and Islamist militants.
The mass walkout was the latest sign of growing anger against militias who helped oust Muammar Gaddafi two years ago but have kept their weapons and regularly challenge the fragile new government and its security forces.
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