Wire: Elections Libya
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A man walks near a destroyed building with election posters hanging on the wall in Tripoli Street in Misrata, Libya, Friday, July 13, 2012. (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)
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Libyan election officials work at a polling station in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, July 6, 2012. The Libyan National Assembly elections - the first free election since 1969-will take place on July 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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Militias from Misrata patrol in the Bir Doufan area on the border between Misrata and Bani Walid, Libya, Saturday, July 14, 2012. Thousands of militias and National Army soldiers from all over the country have been sent to Bani Walid while the release of the two kidnapped journalists, Abdelkader Fusuk and Youssef Baadi, still is uncertain. Tribal leaders traveled Thursday to a town known for its support of deposed Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi to try to mediate the release of two captive journalists in a standoff that could lead to renewed clashes.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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In this Wednesday, July 4 , 2012 photo, Libyan men pray during an Al Wattan Party rally at the seaport of Tripoli, Libya. The Libyan National Assembly elections will take place on July 7, 2012. It will be the first free elections since 1969. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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Two Libyan women are reflected in a puddle as they hold national fags during an election day celebration?on in Martyrs' Square in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, July 7, 2012. Jubilant Libyan voters marked a major step toward democracy after decades of erratic one-man rule, casting their ballots Saturday in the first parliamentary election after last year's overthrow and killing of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi. But the joy was tempered by boycott calls, the burning of ballots and other violence in the country's restive east. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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National Assembly elections posters at Martyr's Square in Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday 4, 2012. The Libyan National Assembly elections will take place on July 7, 2012. Will be the first free elections since 1969. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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Libyan children play next to their house in Sirte , Libya, Monday, July 16, 2012. Sirte, the hometown of the country's late dictator Moammar Gadhafi and the last regime stronghold to fall during the revolution last year still suffers from the effects of the Libyan civil war. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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A Militia man tests his grenade launcher near Beni Walid province border, Libya, Sunday, July 15, 2012. Tensions between National Army and former Gadhafi stronghold of Bani Walid are going down after the two kidnapped journalist'S, Abdelkader Fusuk and Youssef Baadi, were released Sunday evening. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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A Libyan man leaves a voting booth to cast his ballot at a polling station in the former loyalist stronghold district of Abu Salim in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, July 7, 2012. Jubilant Libyans marked a major step toward democracy after decades of erratic one-man rule, voting Saturday in the first parliamentary election after last year’s overthrow and killing of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. But the joy over the historic vote was tempered by boycott calls, the burning of ballots and other violence in Libya’s restive east.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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This combo image of three photographs shows Libyan men holding their elections ID at a polling station in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, July 7, 2012. Jubilant Libyan voters marked a major step toward democracy after decades of erratic one-man rule, casting their ballots Saturday in the first parliamentary election after last year's overthrow and killing of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi. But the joy was tempered by boycott calls, the burning of ballots and other violence in the country's restive east. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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Libyan election officials work at a polling station in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, July 6, 2012. The Libyan National Assembly elections - the first free election since 1969-will take place on July 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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Libyan men look for their names on a voters list at a polling station in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, July 7, 2012. Jubilant Libyans marked a major step toward democracy after decades of erratic one-man rule, voting Saturday in the first parliamentary election after last year’s overthrow and killing of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. But the joy over the historic vote was tempered by boycott calls, the burning of ballots and other violence in Libya’s restive east.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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A Libyan militiaman from Zlitan guards a check point in the desert near the border of Bani Walid in Misrata, Libya, Sunday, July 15, 2012. Tensions between the National Army and the former Gadaffi stronghold of Bani Walid have eased following the release of kidnapped journalists Abdelkader Fusuk and Youssef Baadi. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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A Libyan woman votes at a polling station in the old city of Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, July 7, 2012. Jubilant Libyan voters marked a major step toward democracy after decades of erratic one-man rule, casting their ballots Saturday in the first parliamentary election after last year's overthrow and killing of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi. But the joy was tempered by boycott calls, the burning of ballots and other violence in the country's restive east. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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A Libyan boy walks next to a damaged house in Sirte, Libya, Monday, July 16, 2012. Sirte, the hometown of the country's late dictator Moammar Gadhafi and the last regime stronghold to fall during the revolution last year still suffers from the effects of the Libyan civil war. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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Mahmoud Jibril speaks to the media during a presser at National Forces Allies head quarter in Tripoli, Libya, Sunday, July 8, 2012. Libya's first nationwide elections in nearly five decades brought hints Sunday of an Arab Spring precedent: Western-leaning parties making strides over Islamist rivals hoping to follow the same paths to power as in neighbors Egypt and Tunisia. A liberal alliance led the former rebel prime minister Mahmoud Jibril appeared to hold more than half the seats in the capital Tripoli and the revolution stronghold of Benghazi, according to several party representatives. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)