Africa - Voice of America: Libyan Assembly Elects Gadhafi Opponent as President

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Libyan Assembly Elects Gadhafi Opponent as President Aug 10th 2012, 11:40 Libya's new national assembly has elected former opposition leader Mohammed el-Megarif as its president. Megarif received 113 votes from the 200-member Congress, defeating independent Ali Zidan, who won 85. The vote late Thursday came just one day after Libya's transitional council handed power to the assembly, which was elected last month in the nation's first free election in 60 years. Megarif was the leader of Libya's oldest opposition movement, the National Front for ... Media files: 79C0F231-CE53-486E-B839-1353D48CE19F_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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