Libya suspended from UN rights council

UNITED NATIONS — The 192 United Nations member nations suspended Libya yesterday from the UN Human Rights Council in the latest international effort to halt the Khadafy regime's violent crackdown on protesters.

The General Assembly voted by consensus on the council's recommendation to suspend Libya's membership on the UN's top human rights body for committing "gross and systematic violations of human rights.'' General Assembly president Joseph Deiss called for the vote and signaled its adoption by consensus by banging his wooden gavel.

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