After more than a decade of turmoil, unrest intensified in Libya with little progress made at UN-mediated talks in Geneva earlier this week to reach an agreement on a constitutional framework for national elections. On Friday, protesters stormed the parliament building, triggering condemnation from the United Nations. Demonstrators broke into the building that houses the eastern Libya-based parliament in Tobruk and set fire to parts of it. As Friday was the first day of the weekend in Libya, the building was likely empty when parts of it were set ablaze, AP reported. The protests come a day after the leaders of the parliament and another legislative chamber based in Tripoli failed to reach an agreement on elections during UN-mediated talks in Geneva.
