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New Libya parties law under fire

Libya’s first law on political parties since before the four-decade rule of now slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi drew criticism on Wednesday from Islamists and federalists alike. The legislation issued by the interim government late on Tuesday, Libya’s first since 1964, bans groups based on religious,…