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LIVE Libyan Unrest: October 16, 2011 bit.ly/nG7WJ5 #libya
1:30pm: Libya’s new government said it has control of new areas in Bani Walid as the battle rages on for one of the last cities loyal to the ousted ruler. The city center and the northern part of the city are now under government control, said Ali Daeki, a member of the executive crisis committee.
1:00pm: Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to recognize the National Transition Council (NTC) government in Libya, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced on Sunday.
10:00am: Egyptian workers have been freed from Sirte clamour to go home.Stunned by the din of battle and surrounded by snipers, Egyptian workers spent a month holed up in their apartment in the heart of Sirte before being evacuated in the past few days by fighters of Libya’s new regime.