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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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Daily Analysis
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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June 5, 2007
Daily Analysis
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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Interview
The first Libyan envoy to Washington in a quarter century praises U.S.-Libyan relations. But the ambassador also faults U.S. policy on Iraq, Darfur, and Iran, saying Washington is permitting a nuclear double standard in the Middle East.
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