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Throughout Libya's years of unrest, Egypt had at times intensified measures to evacuate citizens vying to escape, either through the Salloum border crossing, or via Tunisia, Libya's western neighbour.

One strike, apparently by a Grad rocket, killed at least eight civilians waiting in line for bread. Another attack, apparently with a mortar round, hit a medical clinic, wounding four others.

Bread is in such short supply due to electricity blackouts in Libya’s troubled eastern city of Benghazi that some bakery owners are beginning to ration it out among customers.

In Libya Capital, Long Bread Lines and Barricades. ... TRIPOLI, Libya — A bold play by Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to prove that he was firmly in control of Libya appeared to backfire Saturday, ...

In Libya Capital, Long Bread Lines and Barricades. ... TRIPOLI, Libya — A bold play by Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to prove that he was firmly in control of Libya appeared to backfire Saturday, ...

In Libya Capital, Long Bread Lines and Barricades. ... TRIPOLI, Libya — A bold play by Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to prove that he was firmly in control of Libya appeared to backfire Saturday, ...