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Friday 2 december 2016
Tanks deployed as militias clash in Libya’s capital; 8 dead

RAMI MUSA ported gunfire in southern, who is also a surgeon. added. quarters for the outgoing
Associated Press central, and western dis- One of the warring fac- Pictures posted on social parliament but exchanged
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — tricts in Tripoli. tions, a militia called Tripoli media showed masked hands between militias
Heavily armed militias Resident Mohammed Mak- Revolutionaries, accused armed men on pick-up since then.
clashed in neighborhoods ki told The Associated Press rivals of abductions, killings, trucks in the streets in Tripoli. Tripoli has been held hos-
across the Libyan capital of that the clashes started be- and smuggling migrants. Black smoke billowed into tage by various unruly
Tripoli on Thursday, leaving tween two militia groups In a statement, it said that it the sky while blasts rang militias since Moammar
at least eight fighters dead, but then, “there was surely killed the rival militias’ com- across the capital and Gadhafi, Libya’s ruler for
according to the state-run a quick spread of clashes, mander and three of his residents were asked to 42 years, was ousted and
Lana news agency. like wildfire.” forces while it lost one of its remain home. Most of the killed in 2011.
Tanks and convoys of mili- “Now everyone is getting militiamen. “From here we fighting took place near These militias originated
tiamen streamed into the involved, like stabbing in warn anyone who dares to the famous Rixos hotel, with the rebels that ousted
streets, and witnesses re- the dark,” added Makki, try to destabilize Tripoli,” it which was once the head- Gadhafi. q

S. Korea’s Park cries during public appearance amid scandal

cause he was angry over shouting “Park Geun-hye!
her refusal to step down Park Geun-hye!” and us-
immediately over the scan- ing cellphones to photo-
dal involving a confidant graph her as she walked
accused of influence ped- through the fire-ravaged
dling and extortion. shops. One middle-aged
A memorial hall for Park’s woman wiped away tears.
parents, ex-President Park Near the market, though,
Chung-hee and Yook dozens of anti-Park citizens
Young-soo, was nearly staged rallies calling for her
burned down. The hall is a ouster, according to media
popular tourist attraction. reports.
The suspect was previously “Merchants (here) support-
convicted of setting fire to ed me whenever I had diffi-
the birthplace of another culties and I’m really sorry,”
former president, Roh Tae- Park said during her visit,
woo, in 2012, according to according to her office. “I
police. agonized a lot over wheth-
Park didn’t immediately er I should come here in
comment publicly on the the current situation.”
South Korean President Park Geun-hye, center, is escorted by Seomun Market Merchant Associa- arson. Earlier Thursday, Park cried after returning
tion President Kim Yong-oh, second left, during her visit to the Seomun Market which was burned she visited a market in to her car, her office said,
by a recent fire in Daegu, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. the nearby city of Daegu citing presidential security
(Kim Jun-bum/Yonhap via AP) where hundreds of shops staff who traveled with her.
had been destroyed by a On Tuesday, Park said she
HYUNG-JIN KIM among her citizens since as opponents in parliament previous fire. would step down if par-
KIM TONG-HYUNG a huge political scandal squabble over whether to Daegu is Park’s political liament arranges a safe
Associated Press exploded in October, as impeach her. home turf where she was transfer of power, drawing
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — police arrested a man ac- Police said they arrested elected as a national law- fierce criticism from main
Battered by massive pro- cused of setting fire to her a 48-year-old man who maker four times before opposition parties that de-
tests and an impeachment dictator father’s birthplace told investigators he used becoming president in scribed her overture as
push, South Korea’s presi- in a nearby city. paint thinner to set fire to 2013. a tactic to buy time that
dent cried Thursday during President Park Geun-hye’s the birthplace of Park’s Local TV showed dozens would allow her to survive
her first public appearance visit to a rural market came late father on Thursday be- of people at the market the scandal.q

Gambia ruler predicts landslide; internet blocked amid vote

CARLEY PETESCH tal, Banjul, President Yahya change after more than Jammeh came to power praised Gambia for “high
Associated Press Jammeh predicted a deci- 20 years of the Jammeh in a coup in 1994 and then voter turnout and gener-
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — sive win. regime. “He is not going to swept elections in 1996, ally peaceful conditions,”
Voters in the tiny West Af- “This will be the biggest be re-elected — his era is 2001, 2006 and 2011 after a it cited areas that remain a
rican nation of Gambia landslide in the history of finished,” Barrow said. 2002 constitutional amend- concern.
cast marbles Thursday in an the country,” said Jam- Most voters refused to ment removed presidential “In the run-up to the elec-
election widely expected meh, who was met with comment on which candi- term limits. Critics say those tion, we did have some
to keep the country’s ruler cheers as he walked to- date they were backing. “I elections were not free and concerns about undue
of more than two decades ward a sport utility vehicle have to be careful of what fair and accuse his regime pressure, intimidation,” as
in power despite a unified that whisked him away I say. Yes, everybody has of corruption and flagrant well as the disruption of
challenge from the opposi- from his polling site. The his or her own opinion to human rights abuses. internet services, phone
tion. president refused to com- say whatever or do what- The president’s supporters services, and other fac-
Polls closed at 5 p.m. and ment when asked whether ever he or she wants to praise his efforts to boost tors that may have dis-
election workers were ex- he would concede in the do, so we wait until polling economic development rupted the flow of informa-
pected to work late into event of defeat. is closed and sit at home in the small country that is tion to voters, Mark Toner,
the night tallying results. His challenger Adama and listen to the results,” dependent on tourism and deputy State Department
Earlier in the day, after vot- Barrow said he believed said voter Victor Clayton- agriculture. spokesman, told reporters
ing with his wife in the capi- Gambians were ready for Johnson. While the U.S. government Thursday.q