[Reader-list] 84 killed in Libya protests

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Rights group estimates 84 killed in Libya protests
AP, Feb 19, 2011, 11.47am IST

CAIRO: New York-based human rights organization estimates that 84
people have died after three days of anti-government protests in
Libya.

Libyan security forces have been waging an escalated crackdown on the
wave of anti-government protests concentrated in the impoverished east
of the country.

In a statement late Friday, Human Rights Watch based its estimate on
interviews with hospital staff and witnesses.

Arbor Networks, a Chelmsford, Massachusetts-based security company,
also reported that Internet traffic in the North African country
abruptly ended at around midnight GMT Saturday.

Protesters are calling for the ouster of Moammar Gaddhafi, the ruler
for the last 42 years. Police have responded to the protests with live
ammunition, according to witnesses and medical officials.

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