Libyan PM ousted after oil tanker escapes port
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Libya">Libya</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="General">General</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span> <span word="removed">removed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prime">prime</span> <span word="minister">minister</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tanker">tanker</span> <span word="laden">laden</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="crude">crude</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="rebel">rebel</span>-<span word="held">held</span> <span word="terminal">terminal</span> <span word="broke">broke</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="naval">naval</span> <span word="blockade">blockade</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="escaped">escaped</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sea">sea</span>, <span word="underscoring">underscoring</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="weakness">weakness</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="government">government</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="no">no</span>-<span word="confidence">confidence</span> <span word="motion">motion</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="approved">approved</span> <span word="by">by</span> 124 <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 194 <span word="members">members</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span>, <span word="four">four</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="majority">majority</span> <span word="required">required</span>, <span word="legislators">legislators</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Libyan">Libyan</span> <span word="gunboats">gunboats</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="chased">chased</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tanker">tanker</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="eastern">eastern</span> <span word="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</span> <span word="coast">coast</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="opened">opened</span> <span word="fire">fire</span>, <span word="damaging">damaging</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Italian">Italian</span> <span word="naval">naval</span> <span word="ships">ships</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="helping">helping</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tanker">tanker</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Libyan">Libyan</span> <span word="government">government</span>-<span word="controlled">controlled</span> <span word="port">port</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="Italy">Italy</span> <span word="denied">denied</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="vessels">vessels</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="firing">firing</span> <span word="incident">incident</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span>.</p><p><span word="Western">Western</span> <span word="powers">powers</span> <span word="fear">fear</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vast">vast</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="break">break</span> <span word="apart">apart</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="struggling">struggling</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rein">rein</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="armed">armed</span> <span word="militias">militias</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tribesmen">tribesmen</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="helped">helped</span> <span word="oust">oust</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="ruler">ruler</span> <span word="Muammar">Muammar</span> <span word="Gadhafi">Gadhafi</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2011 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="grab">grab</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="revenues">revenues</span>.</p><p><span word="Ousted">Ousted</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Ali">Ali</span> <span word="Zeidan">Zeidan</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="removed">removed</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="office">office</span>, <span word="despite">despite</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="ban">ban</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="travel">travel</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tripoli">Tripoli</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="confirm">confirm</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="departure">departure</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Zeidan">Zeidan</span>, <span word="Libya">Libya</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="democratically">democratically</span> <span word="chosen">chosen</span> <span word="leader">leader</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="struggled">struggled</span> <span word="for">for</span> 15 <span word="months">months</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stem">stem</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="spiraling">spiraling</span> <span word="descent">descent</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="chaos">chaos</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="nearby">nearby</span> <span word="Malta">Malta</span>, <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Joseph">Joseph</span> <span word="Muscat">Muscat</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="state">state</span>-<span word="owned">owned</span> <span word="television">television</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Zeidan">Zeidan</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="brief">brief</span> <span word="stopover">stopover</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</span> <span word="island">island</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span>, <span word="before">before</span> <span word="traveling">traveling</span> <span word="on">on</span>.</p>
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