{{Ali Zeidan, who was ousted as prime minister by Libya’s parliament this week, told media on Thursday that the parliamentary no-confidence vote that deposed him was “falsified”.}}<\/p>\n
Parliament voted to oust the premier on Tuesday after a tanker loaded with crude oil set off from the rebel-held port of Es Sider and evaded navy attempts to halt it.<\/p>\n
Some of Libya’s powerful rebel groups who have been demanding regional autonomy in the east began exporting oil this week in defiance of the central government.<\/p>\n
After the vote Zeidan fled to Germany via Malta, government sources in Valletta told reporters, while Libya’s General National Congress named Defence Minister Abdullah al-Thani to serve as caretaker premier.<\/p>\n
The ouster of the liberal prime minister has embolded the country’s Islamist groups, which have been waging an insurgency against the government since the overthrow of former leader Muammar Gaddafi. <\/p>\n
Forces loyal to the central government, often out-manned and out-gunned, have struggled to contain their influence.<\/p>\n
It was unclear where the tanker, which was flying the North Korean flag, was heading. The North Korean flag is often used to keep the true ownership of cargo ships secret.<\/p>\n
North Korea said in a statement to state media that the tanker had violated its laws and a contract it had with an Egyptian company by carrying contraband cargo. <\/p>\n
It said it had notified Libya and the International Maritime Organisation that it had severed all association with the ship.<\/p>\n
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