Libyan protests spread; death toll reaches 100
China Daily | Updated: 2011-02-21 07:36
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A young supporter of Libyan President Muammar Gadhafi shouts slogans during a pro-government demonstration in Tripoli. According to witnesses protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi defied warning by Gadhafi's government, returning on Sunday to a square outside a court building after clashes between police and anti-government protesters killed at least 100 people. Abdel Magid Al Fergan / Associated Press |
TRIPOLI, Libya - Anti-government protests spread closer to the Libyan capital on Sunday and new fighting erupted in the flashpoint city of Benghazi, as Human Rights Watch said it feared more than 100 people were killed in clashes between police and demonstrators.
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