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Libya PM draws crowd for mass wedding and protest against parliament

Libya PM draws crowd for mass wedding and protest against parliament

SEVERAL thousand Libyans packed a Tripoli square late for a state-funded mass wedding celebration that also drew supporters of transitional Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah and protesters against the eastern-based parliament. Dbeibah was installed in March through a U.N.-backed process to head a unity government after years of division between rival administrations in the civil war and to prepare for an election. The election is planned for December 24 but there is controversy over parliament's handling of a law for the vote to take place and analysts fear the jockeying among rival factions could unravel the peace process. Libya's unity government…
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