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Tunisia, Egypt, Libya Urge Arab Solution to Syria Crisis

Foreign ministers from Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, meeting in Tunis said Friday the Syrian crisis should be resolved in an "Arab framework" and opposed foreign military intervention in the country.

"We are all against military intervention in Syria, and we want the problem to be resolved in an Arab framework," Tunisian Foreign Minister Rafik Abdessalem said after meeting with his Egyptian and Libyan counterparts, Mohamed Amr and Ashour bin Khayyal.

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Britons Held in Libya to be Freed in 24 Hours

Two British journalists who were detained by a Libyan militia last month will be released within 24 hours, a senior government official told Agence France Presse on Thursday.

"The two journalists will be released within 24 hours and will be free to leave the country," deputy interior minister Omar al-Khadrawi said.

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Egypt Ready to Hand Back Libya ex-Regime Members

The Egyptian foreign ministry said Thursday it was in talks with Tripoli over a request to hand back members of slain leader Moammar Gadhafi’s regime seeking refuge in Egypt.

Libya's prosecutor had written to his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Meguid Mahmoud, providing a list of Libyans in Egypt belonging to the former regime who are wanted back home.

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U.N. Panel Seeks More Probes into NATO Strikes in Libya

Investigators probing violations during Libya's conflict said Friday they are giving the U.N.'s human rights chief a list of people who should face international or national justice.

The commission of inquiry also called for further probes into NATO air strikes on Libya, saying it was unable to tell if the alliance took adequate precautions to protect civilians in some of its attacks.

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Autonomy Bid in Libya Prompts Fears of Nation's Break-up

Tribesmen and politicians in Libya's oil-rich east have polarized public opinion, raised fears that the country might break apart and prompted some of his sharpest statements yet from the interim leader.

Analysts say the problem lies not with the federalism they are proposing but with the unilateral way in which a political movement in the second city of Benghazi is seeking to carve out an autonomous territory in the oil-rich region.

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Obama Meets Libyan PM, Stresses Need for June Election

U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday held a previously unannounced meeting with Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdul Rahim al-Kib and stressed the need for elections to go ahead in June.

The White House said Obama "applauded the prime minister for his leadership during Libya's democratic transition and his government's efforts to rebuild the country."

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Libya Leader Threatens 'Force' to Foil East Autonomy Bid

Libyan leader Mustapha Abdel Jalil on Wednesday said he would defend national unity "with force" if necessary, after tribal leaders and a political faction declared autonomy for an eastern region.

"We are not prepared to divide Libya," Abdel Jalil said as he called on leaders in the eastern Cyrenaica region to engage in dialogue and warned them against remnants of the regime of slain leader Moammar Gadhafi in their ranks.

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East Libya Leaders Declare Autonomy, Call for Federalism

Tribal and political leaders declared Libya's oil-rich eastern region of Cyrenaica as autonomous on Tuesday, raising fears the country may break up in the wake of Moammar Gadhafi’s downfall.

At a conference attended by about 3,000 people in Benghazi, the major eastern city and cradle of an eight-month uprising against Gadhafi that ended in his capture and killing, they also called for a return to federalism in Libya.

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Muslim Brother Picked to Lead New Libya Party

Libyan Islamists and independents have formed a new political party and elected a representative of the Muslim Brotherhood on Saturday as its leader after a three-day conference, an Agence France Presse reporter said.

Mohammed Sawan, an ex-political prisoner under the regime of dead dictator Moammar Gadhafi who outlawed the formation of political parties as an act of treason, was elected Justice and Construction party leader by 51 percent of those present.

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Art Dissects Tunisia's Revolution, One Year On

From bold portraits to wry cartoons on the Islamist resurgence at the polls, a Paris show explores the roots and branches of Tunisia's revolution, one year on, as seen by home-grown artists.

Photographs, graffiti, paintings, videos and sculpture explore the issues spotlighted with the ouster of dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali: freedom of speech and religion, women's rights, the online world, democracy building and Islamism.

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