Tripoli Government Refuses to Sign Libya Peace Deal

Libya's political leaders signed a U.N-brokered power-sharing agreement Saturday in Morocco, but the Islamists who seized control of Tripoli last year refused to participate. U.N. special envoy Bernardino Leon called the deal "an important step in the road to peace in Libya." But a member of the Tripoli-based government told Reuters, "We are still in the dialogue. ... We don't really understand why they are rushing to sign before all the parties...

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