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*[[2014 Libyan uprising]]:
**General [[Khalifa Belqasim Haftar]] calls on the government to hand over power to the country's top judges amid [[May 2014 Tripoli clashes|heavy fighting]] in the capital [[Tripoli]]. [http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/22/us-libya-violence-idUSBREA4K0QP20140522 (Reuters)]
**Prime Minister [[Ahmed Maiteeq]] refuses to step down while the Ministry of Defense issues a statement calling for the arrest of any soldiers who join Gen. Haftar’s campaign. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/libyan-prime-minister-refuses-to-step-down-confrontation-with-ex-general-grows/2014/05/21/9350fd00-e125-11e3-9743-bb9b59cde7b9_story.html (The Washington Post)]
*[[War in North-West Pakistan]]:
*[[War in North-West Pakistan]]:
**[[Pakistan Air Force]] fighter jets bomb suspected militant hideouts in [[North Waziristan]], killing approximately 60 militants and injuring another 30. [http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/05/21/uk-pakistan-airstrikes-idINKBN0E109Z20140521 (Reuters)]
**[[Pakistan Air Force]] fighter jets bomb suspected militant hideouts in [[North Waziristan]], killing approximately 60 militants and injuring another 30. [http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/05/21/uk-pakistan-airstrikes-idINKBN0E109Z20140521 (Reuters)]

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