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  • Unrest in the Middle East
    
                    
     
              
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• orces began handing over leadership of the military mission in Libya to other countries, including France and Britain.
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• OP: Fighter jets manned by NATO forces are helping enforce the no-fly zone in Libya. (imago / Xinhua / NewsCom)

  BOTTOM: Qaddafi’s base is the country’s capital, Tripoli, while the rebels formed their own stronghold in Benghazi. (Jim McMahon)
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• U.S. forces began to turn over control of the mission to other NATO allies.
• Turkey also announced plans to start discussions between Qaddafi’s government and representatives from the rebels. It hopes to get both sides to agree to a cease-fire
• United Nations—an international organization of 192 countries—voted in favor of a no-fly zone to try to stop that from happening.

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