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Turkey slams German attempt to search of Libya-bound cargo

Turkey protested the search of a Turkish cargo ship carrying humanitarian supplies to Libya.

The search was carried out by a German frigate serving under an EU naval mission, Operation Irini, to control the UN arms embargo on Libya.
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