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Candidates for Libya’s presidential election have petitioned against the interim prime minister’s bid and a Tripoli court is to examine their request, media reports said Sunday. Influential former interior minister Fathi Bashagha was among several presidential hopefuls to have filed appeals against premier Abdulhamid Dbeibah’s candidacy, the reports said. The Tripoli appeals court accepted their petitions and will examine them before giving a ruling. If it rejects Dbeibah’s bid, he will have 72 hours to appeal, according to the reports. A source close to Bashagha told AFP the court would look …