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Libya releases two U.S. basketball players held in Benghazi
Source: Reuters
Libya releases two U.S. basketball players held in Benghazi
BENGHAZI, Libya Fri Jan 3, 2014 11:11am EST
(Reuters) - Libyan authorities have released two Americans detained by the army in the violence-hit eastern city of Benghazi, the basketball club they played for said on Friday.
The two had been detained at the campus of Benghazi university and brought to the army's headquarters, Libyan security officials said on Thursday, without giving any details.
They had been in Libya contracted to Al-Hilal basketball club.
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Fetouri said the army, which runs checkpoints and patrols in the city, had detained them because they had questioned what they were doing at night on a campus normally closed for non-students.
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BENGHAZI, Libya Fri Jan 3, 2014 11:11am EST
(Reuters) - Libyan authorities have released two Americans detained by the army in the violence-hit eastern city of Benghazi, the basketball club they played for said on Friday.
The two had been detained at the campus of Benghazi university and brought to the army's headquarters, Libyan security officials said on Thursday, without giving any details.
They had been in Libya contracted to Al-Hilal basketball club.
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Fetouri said the army, which runs checkpoints and patrols in the city, had detained them because they had questioned what they were doing at night on a campus normally closed for non-students.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/03/us-libya-usa-idUSBREA020KZ20140103
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Not sure why Libya and North Korea have become hotspots of basketball tourism. 
