BBC News 16 February 2011 Last updated at 05:17 ET

Libyan city 'rocked by protests'Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Photo: February 2011

There are reports of violent protests in the Libyan city of Benghazi, said to have followed the arrest of a government critic, amid ongoing Middle East unrest.


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