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Refugee girls face 'formidable barriers' to education: UN

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)- Refugee girls are only half as likely as their male peers to go to secondary school, the U.N. said Wednesday, urging efforts to break down barriers to education for girls in exile. Refugees in general have far less access to schooling than other children, and...

Three killed as tribal violence flares in south Libya

TRIPOLI: Fighting between tribes in southern Libya Tuesday killed three people and wounded 20, medics said, in the latest flare-up in over a month of clashes. The violence has rocked the town of Sebha, some 600 kilometers south of Tripoli, where tribal rivalries have frequently spilt...