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    A Short Break in Libya
    A Short Break in Libya
    A Short Break in Libya
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    A Short Break in Libya

    By Tom Coote

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    This article details a short trip to Tripoli and Leptis Magna in Libya, during the first days of the Arab Spring. Libya appeared to be making its first tentative steps towards opening up to mass tourism but then everything changed.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTom Coote
    Release dateJul 17, 2011
    ISBN9781465821201
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