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Wed Oct 31, 2012, 03:33 AM Oct 2012

Libya assembly stormed in new blow to forming govt

Source: AFP

Libya: Protesters stormed Libya's national assembly on Tuesday derailing a vote on a cabinet line-up in a new blow to efforts to form a government after a landmark July election.

As he adjourned the session amid chaotic scenes, assembly president Mohammed Megaryef angrily denounced a situation he said was "out of control" more than a year after the overthrow and killing of veteran dictator Moamer Kadhafi.

Prime minister-designate Ali Zeidan, the second nominee to try to form a government since the July vote, had put before the assembly a 30-member list that includes liberals and Islamists.

But as assembly members prepared to take turns to cast their vote, angry scenes erupted on the floor of the chamber and around a dozen demonstrators burst in, live television footage showed.

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