Libya evacuation mission announced
Irish authorities are to evacuate 1,000 civilians by chartered ship from the besieged Libyan city of Misrata.
Humanitarian group the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) will arrange the emergency mission from the city, which has been under intense fire by forces loyal to president Muammar Gaddafi for almost eight weeks.
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