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TRIPOLI, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- The western Libyan city of Sabratha has witnessed violent clashes for a week between rival armed groups, which have caused dozens of casualties and forced residents to flee their homes.
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Mohamed Abdullah, a parliament member, told Xinhua in a recent interview that the clashes erupted because of conflict between the army and militias as increasing domination of militias is making the army felt threatened.
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Krer revealed an initiative for all parties of the conflict for a three-day cease-fire starting on Friday, which posed an opportunity to discuss all ideas for resolving the conflict "in a calm atmosphere for each party to hear the other's demands."
Krer noted that the anti-IS operation chamber had not opposed the three-day cease-fire proposal.
UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Thursday called for an immediate cease-fire in Sabratha.
"UNSMIL are deeply concerned about clashes in Sabratha and civilian casualties, and calls on all parties to immediately cease hostilities and ensure the protection of civilians in accordance with international humanitarian law," the mission said in a statement.
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RIO DE JANEIRO， Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The United States， Croatia， Canada， Kenya and Jamaica all claimed Olympic gold medals on a day of athletics that will best be remembered for a heartwarming gesture of sportsmanship.
The USA's Christian Taylor (triple jump) and Croatia's Sandra Perkovic (discuss) won their events in the morning before Canada's Derek Drouin (high jump)， Kenya's Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (1500.