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                   Libya's Parliament Approves New Government

   by Reuters

   Libya's elected parliament approved on Monday a new cabinet proposed by
   Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni, a parliamentary spokesman said.

   Libya is struggling with anarchy as two parliaments and governments
   compete for legitimacy three years after Muammar Gaddafi was ousted.

   The elected House of Representatives and senior officials moved to the
   east after an armed group from the western city of Misrata seized the
   capital and set up a rival assembly and cabinet.

   The House of Representatives, which is recognized by the international
   community, agreed on a second cabinet list after rejecting last week an
   initial 16-member lineup as too large, parliamentary spokesman Faraj
   Hashem said.

   The new cabinet has 13 ministers including three deputies for Thinni
   and no oil minister. The vital oil sector will be run by state firm
   National Oil Corp (NOC) as under Gaddafi.

   Thinni, a former career soldier, has been prime minister since March
   but had resigned after a June election. Lawmakers then asked him to
   again form a new government.

   Foreign minister will be Mohammed al-Dairi, a former senior U.N.
   official, parliament said on its website. There will be no defense
   minister with the chief of staff running the military, Hashem said.

   Thinni has failed to establish rule of law in Libya, where armed groups
   have called the shots since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

   Western powers fear Libya is heading towards civil war. The government
   cannot control former rebels who helped oust Gaddafi but now fight for
   power and a share of oil revenues.
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