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By Thomas Grove MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia evacuated embassy staff and their families from Libya on Thursday after gunmen tried to storm its diplomatic mission in Tripoli. The attackers, who dispersed when embassy security guards opened fire, had planned to avenge the murder of a Libyan military officer by a Russian woman living in Tripoli, the foreign ministry said in a statement. "Relatives and friends of the murdered Libyan decided to avenge his death with an attack on the Russian diplomatic mission," the statement said. ...More...