Tanker Returns to Libya

A North Korean-flagged oil tanker that a Libyan militia illegally loaded with crude oil has returned to Libya. Officials say the Morning Glory will sail Sunday to the port of Zawiya, near the Libyan capital of Tripoli, where it will offload its cargo. U.S. forces seized the vessel last week off the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, stopping an attempt by Libyan rebels to sell the crude oil in defiance of the government in Tripoli. Rebel forces in the eastern Libyan port of Sid had loaded an...

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