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Monday, 19 Sep, 2011
Mahmoud Jibril, who has been de-facto prime minister of the country since 23 March, when the National Transitional Council (NTC) was instituted, explained from Tripoli last Thursday that despite recent military advances: "The greater challenge is still there. The first challenge is to achieve a victory over ourselves. The second challenge is to be able to be tolerant and to forgive and to go forward towards the future.”
Indeed, for Libya to achieve political stability in the near future...
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Wednesday, 24 Aug, 2011
“Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.” For Christine Lagarde, this oft repeated notion—coined by Charlotte Whitton—sums up the daunting project facing her, only one month in to her tenure as managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Given the unsavory debacle of Dominique Strauss Kahn’s departure as IMF chief, Lagarde is inheriting the daunting task of rebuilding the reputation of the fi...
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Wednesday, 10 Aug, 2011
The killing of General Abdel Fatah Younis by an Islamist-linked militia within the anti-Qadhafi forces in Benghazi plunged the Libyan uprising into disarray. His death revealed...
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Friday, 29 Jul, 2011
Cutting a distinctive figure, Salva Kiir resembles the gun-toting underdog of a cowboy flick. But aside from the rugged beard, trademark Stetson hat and straight-to-the-point e...
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Tuesday, 12 Jul, 2011
Irrespective of his preference to be out of the spotlight, Ayman Al-Zawahiri is by no means an unknown quantity in the West—thanks in large part to the work of American write...
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Wednesday, 29 Jun, 2011
Two days after Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak resigned on 11 February, the country's Higher Council of the Armed Forces announced the suspension of the constitution and the di...
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Tuesday, 21 Jun, 2011
As civil war continues in Libya, calls for more military aid intensify from the anti-Qadhafi National Transitional Council. Leading the rebel council is Mustafa Abdul Jalil, a we...
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Thursday, 16 Jun, 2011
Since the coup that brought him to power in 1987, until his ouster in 2011, President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali has tried to eradicate the memory of his predecessor, Habib Bourgu...
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Tuesday, 24 May, 2011
Though perhaps less well known outside France, where he has held several influential political offices, DSK could be accurately described as one of the most powerful men in...
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There has been renewed activity in the international press regarding the Bush administration’s highly controversial interrogation program that was established in consort ...
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