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                 Libya's Pro-Western Parliament Extends Mandate

   by VOA News

   Libya's internationally recognized parliament on Monday extended its
   mandate past its October 20 expiration, a move that may complicate U.N.
   peace efforts.

   A parliamentary spokesman calls Monday's vote "a precautionary measure
   in case the political talks fail to avoid leaving a political vacuum."

   U.N. officials striving to negotiate a unity government in Libya set
   October 20, the day parliament was supposed to disband, as a deadline
   for a deal.

   It is unclear what will happen now.

   Libya is split between the recognized parliament and Islamic militants
   who have seized the capital, Tripoli, and set up their own parliament.
   U.N. efforts to bring both sides together into one administration have
   so far failed.

   Libya has been in chaos since longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi was
   overthrown and killed in 2011.
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