Men in pick-up trucks bristling with anti-aircraft guns have blocked off Libya’s foreign ministry, demanding a jobs ban on Gaddafi-era officials. Dozens of armed men stopped workers entering the building and moved traffic away from the area, witnesses said. Libyan officials have been unable to agree the terms of a law barring figures from the late Col Gaddafi’s government from entering politics. Armed groups have responded by storming the Congress on several occasions. Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, at a news conference, urged Libyans to back their government in the face of “people who want to destabilize the country”. He also…
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A gunman who shot and seriously injured two policemen outside the Italian PM’s office in Rome was acting out of anger at politicians, prosecutors al lege. A suspect named as 49-year-old Luigi Preiti was arrested at the scene. Rome prosecutor, Pierfilippo Laviani, said the gunman had hoped to target politicians but as he was unable to, he shot the police officers instead. The attack came as a new government was sworn in across the city at the Qu irinale Palac. A man believed to be the gunman is detained at the scene Democratic Party Deputy Leader (PD), Enrico Letta, 46,…