Voting underway in historic Libyan elections

Libyans started voting today in the first parliamentary election since last year’s ousting and killing of long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi, taking a major step forward in the country’s tumultuous transition to democratic rule.

The election for a 200-seat legislature is being held amid intense regional rivalries, fears of violence and calls for a boycott. However, lines began to form outside polling centres more than an hour before they were scheduled to open in the capital Tripoli.