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Libya’s Muslim Brother picked to lead new party

AFP

Libyan Islamists and independents have formed a new political party and elected a representative of the Muslim Brotherhood on Saturday as its leader after a three-day conference, an AFP reporter said. Mohammed Sawan, an ex-political prisoner under the regime of dead dictator Moamer Kadhafi who outlawed the party.