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The United Nations is attempting to broker a deal between rival Libyan political factions to establish concrete timelines for presidential and legislative elections.

A new push to convince chaos-stricken Libya’s rival factions to hold presidential and legislative elections this year was announced by the top United Nations diplomat in the country on Monday, but any optimism was dampened by a lack of details and continued disputes. Abdoulaye Bathily, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ special representative for Libya, told the…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A new push to convince chaos-stricken Libya's rival factions to hold presidential and legislative elections this year was announced

The United Nations’ top diplomat in Libya said Monday that he is launching a new attempt to calm the deeply unsettled nation by pushing for rival factions’ agreement on holding presidential and legislative elections this year, but any optimism was dampened by a lack of details and continued disputes. Abdoulaye Bathily, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ Special Representative for Libya, told the Security Council in New York that the latest initiative is aimed at presidential and legislative elections within 10 months. Dmitry Polansky, a Russian representative to the U.N., says the ...

United Nations: The United Nations top diplomat in Libya said on Monday that he is launching a new attempt to calm the deeply unsettled nation by pus...