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I WAS sitting in a smart address in the middle of Tripoli, drinking coffee and discussing the momentous events in Egypt, when my host leaned forward in a conspiratorial manner. 'You want to know why it is so important to us?' she asked. 'Because the fear has gone out of our hearts. It's been inside all of us for more than 40 years, but now it's gone. I can't tell you how that feels.'
Such is the sense of euphoria sweeping across North Africa. Two long-serving autocrats ousted after uprisings that few would have dreamed possible in a region deformed by repression. First Tunisia, then Egypt.See the full content of this document
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Now Even Mad Dog Gaddafi Faces a Day of Rage
And now even in Libya, long held in the iron grip of Muammar Gaddafi, people are daring to hope the long years of brutality, corruption and decay might be coming to an end.
In the cafes and cake shops, I found people glued to televisions as they watched the dramatic unfurling of another uprising in a neighbouring state.Behind the closed doors of their ho...See the full content of this document
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