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Libya election: High turnout in historic vote (BBC)
Libya election: High turnout in historic vote7 July 2012
Libyans have been voting in their first free national election for 60 years.
They are selecting a temporary assembly which will have the task of picking a cabinet and a prime minister.
Voting began late in some cities where gunmen prevented voters, and one person was killed in a shooting close to a polling station in Ajdabiya.
Nevertheless, overall turnout has been described as high, with voters choosing their first government since Col Gaddafi came to power in 1969.
Few Libyans remember their last national vote in 1965, when no political parties were allowed.
Even fewer took part in their country's first parliamentary elections in February 1952, shortly after independence.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18749808
