Despite chaos, Libya hopes to hold constitution vote in December
 

* Country being split by rival tribes, regions seeking power * UN envoy visits Tripoli, despite tribal takeover in August * Libya managed to hold national election in June (Fighting in Benghazi, west of Tripoli) By Ahmed Elumami and Feras Bosalum BENGHAZI, Libya, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Libya hopes to hold a referendum on a new constitution in December, a committee said on Thursday, undeterred by a descent into chaos and violence that has forced the elected parliament to move hundreds of miles from the capital. Western powers hope the constitution will help bridge at least some of the differences dividing the desert nation along tribal and regional lines more than three years after the toppling of veteran ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

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