Militia attack causes residents of Libya's capital to go on strike

Monday, November 18, 2013

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Residents of the Libyan capital launched a general strike Sunday and held protests, demanding the city's myriad of powerful militias be disbanded after violence in which nearly 50 people were killed over the weekend.

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