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Tribal tensions high in Libya
Fighting amongst the country's many tribes has escalated with 13 people killed near Tripoli last week.
Last Modified: 15 Nov 2011 11:49

Tribal tensions have been running high in Libya since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.
 
At least 13 people were killed last week in fighting near the capital, Tripoli and, there's also tension in the Western Mountains where the Mashashya tribe were banished to.

Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel Hamid reports from the Western Mountains.
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