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Libyan divide deepens as eastern forces shut down oil ports

As the Libyan National Army accused the Government of National Accord and Tripoli-based National Oil Corporation of spending its revenues on mercenaries to fight along their ranks, the tribes in eastern Libya shut down multiple oil ports and demanded a new distribution of oil revenues.

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A view of pipelines and a loading berth of the Marsa al-Hariga oil port in the city of Tobruk, east of Tripoli, Libya, Aug. 20, 2013. — REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

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