World IN BRIEF : LIBYA : Embargo Blamed as Blast’s Toll Rises
An arms depot outside Tripoli exploded, damaging buildings and shattering windows more than two miles away. More than 140 people were injured, and a Libyan official said the death toll had risen to 12 and could go higher because a U.N. embargo prevented some victims from getting treatment abroad. The official news agency said several died while aboard a boat taking them to Malta. But a Maltese government spokesman said the Foreign Ministry knew nothing about a boat with injured people trying to cross to the island.
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