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- Libya says Gaddafi's son refusing defense lawyer
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son has refused to appoint a Libyan lawyer to defend him against accusations of murder and torture during a crackdown on a revolt against his father's rule, the country said on Wednesday. Libya said earlier this month that it would complete within weeks its investigation into Saif al-Islam and asked the International Criminal Court to once again to hold off ordering his surrender. ...
- Seven die in south Libya clash
Seven people are killed and more than 20 injured in clashes in Libya's western desert town of Ghadames, the government says.
- Several wounded in renewed Lebanon clashes
 At least four people were wounded on Wednesday in clashes between the army and residents of two areas of Lebanon's city of Tripoli supporting opposite sides in the crisis in neighbouring Syria, a security official said.
- Clashes rock Lebanon's Tripoli, 6 wounded
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Heavy fighting rocked Lebanon's northern port of Tripoli for a fourth day on Wednesday, wounding at least six people in a city where sectarian tensions have been growing over the revolt in neighboring Syria, security sources said. The fighting in Tripoli, 70 km (43 miles) from Beirut, has highlighted how violence in Syria can spill into Lebanon, a country that was garrisoned by Syrian troops until 2005. ...
- Nomads, locals clash in Libya desert town: officials
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Armed nomads clashed with residents of a Libyan town on the border with Algeria on Wednesday, officials said, underlining the insecurity that continues to plague the country one month before elections. Fighting erupted over control of a checkpoint on the edge of Ghadames on a desert route often used for smuggling, the officials told Reuters on condition of anonymity. Tensions has been building for days between locals and Tuareg tribesmen - nomads who roam the desert spanning the borders of Libya and its neighbors, said an officer at Ghadames local council. ...
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Moamer Kadhafi's son is refusing to name a defense lawyer, a top Libyan diplomat said Wednesday amid growing questions over the conditions in which Seif al-Islam is being held.
Seven people were killed as gunmen raided the southern oasis city of Ghadames on Wednesday, Libya's government spokesman said.
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