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Libya orders temporary closure of borders

Libya's ruling national congress ordered the temporary closure of its borders with four of its neighbours on Sunday and declared its vast desert south a closed military zone in the face of growing unrest.

The national assembly ordered the "temporary closure of the land borders with Chad, Niger, Sudan and Algeria pending new regulations", a decree carried by the official LANA news agency said.

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