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Syria (and Beyond) Live Coverage: The Regime Steps Up Airstrikes
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 22:32 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Live, EA Middle East and Turkey, Global, Middle East and Iran
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Tuesday's Bahrain, Syria (and Beyond) Live Coverage: "All Rallies and Gatherings Are Illegal"
2252 GMT: Libya. A day after it was suspended because of protests (see 0500 GMT), the National Assembly approved a 30-member Cabinet presented by Prime Minister-designate Ali Zeidan.
A total of 105 members voted in favour, 18 abstainedm and nine voted against the Cabinet. Moments later, protests erupted, with security forces firing in the air.
More than a dozen security vehicles were stationed at the assembly building, as about 60 people gathered outside the tightly-shut main gate.