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Men grieve over a grave at the funerals for those killed in Saturday's clashes at the Libya Shield brigade headquarters, in Benghazi June 9, 2013. Libya's army will take control of a militia's bases in the eastern city of Benghazi after clashes in which 31 people were killed, an army spokesman said on Sunday. Fighting broke out on Saturday at the headquarters of the Libya Shield brigade when protesters demanded the disbanding of the militias, whose continued existence nearly two years after the fall of Muam — Men grieve over a grave at the funerals for those killed in clashes at the Libya Shield Brigade headquarters, in Benghazi, June 9, 2013. — REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori

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