Libya says navy blocks oil tanker at mutinous eastern port


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  • Monday, 06 Jan 2014

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's navy has blocked an oil tanker from illegally loading crude at an eastern port that has been held for months by armed protesters demanding more autonomy from Tripoli, officials said on Monday.

"The navy fired warning shots to show that they were serious," a Libyan National Oil Corp (NOC) official, who declined to be named, told Reuters.

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