Leave Libya, Filipinos urged

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Citing the “worsening security situation” there, the Philippines advised its nationals on May 29 to flee Libya as it raised crisis alert level 3 (voluntary repatriation phase) in the strife-torn country. Over the weekend, gunmen stormed parliament in southern Tripoli, hot on the heels of an anti-Islamist offensive launched by a rogue general in the eastern city of Benghazi. This caused concern abroad and in oil markets. The Philippine government urged Filipinos to contact the Philippine embassy in Tripoli to coordinate their repatriation.

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