More foreigners set to leave Tripoli
Published: 21 August, 2011, 16:01
Libyan fishing boats are seem at the port in Tripoli on April 21, 2011 (AFP Photo / Mahmud Turkia)
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About ten British citizens together with other foreigners are due to leave Tripoli today on a motorboat specially sent by the Maltese government, reports Agence France-Presse.
The agency’s source says the vessel is not a civil one is the likely reason why the boat has not yet left the country despite a plan to set sail on Sunday morning.
Most of the foreigners working in Libya were evacuated from the country in February and March, at the outbreak of the civil conflict.
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