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Libya's runaway parliament seeks refuge in Tobruk bubble

ewsA general view of the Dar al Salam, a five-star hotel being used by members of the House of Representatives, in Tobruk By Ulf Laessing TOBRUK Libya (Reuters) - Trucks fitted with anti-aircraft cannon, troops and cement roadblocks protect the five-star hotel in Tobruk that is now the surreal last bastion of Libya's fugitive parliament. Holed up in the Dar al Salam seaside resort and pretending that all is normal, elected legislators debate laws and plan the future from the eastern city where they fled last month after losing control of Tripoli and much of the country. ...




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