BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - About 600 Egyptians have been refused entry to Libya on arrival at Tripoli's Matiga airport due to invalid visas, an airport official said on Saturday.
The airport, like the rest of the Libyan capital, is under the control of an armed group with Islamist links which seized Tripoli in August. The new rulers have set up their own government and parliament, forcing the internationally recognised Prime Minster Abdullah al-Thinni to move to the east.
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