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September 24, 2009
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Watch Muammar al-Qaddafi, leader and guide of the revolution of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, discuss international issues including the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and nuclear proliferation.
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September 24, 2009
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Libyan President Muammar al-Qaddafi discusses Libya's relations with the world and states his position on terrorism, nuclear security, and Israeli-Palestinian affairs.
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September 24, 2009
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Listen to Muammar al-Qaddafi, leader and guide of the revolution of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, discuss international issues including the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and nuclear proliferation.
September 10, 2009
Podcast
Dana Moss of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy says that Libya will continue to seek a good relationship with the United States in its effort to raise its international profile, but she cautions against seeing the U.S.-Libya rapprochement as a model for other rogue states.
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Saeed Shah writes about A.Q. Khan's first interview with an American news organization. The Pakistani nuclear scientist denied that he’d done anything but offer "very small advice" to Iran and Libya on where to acquire nuclear technology.
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The peculiar resolution to an international standoff with Libya over detained foreign medics may have stemmed from Europe’s need for Libyan energy resources.
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A landmark natural gas deal between Libya and BP signals a shift toward greater economic openness in the once-marginalized North African state.
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