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Travesty of Justice: ‘No chance Gaddafi son gets fair trial in Libya’

The Libyan interim interior minister resigned on Monday amid fears of renewed sectarian clashes in the country. This after Suffi religious sites were destroyed by armed Salafits, triggering mass unrest in the area. Libya remains unstable ever since the popular uprising resulted in the ouster and death of its longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi last year. [...]

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‘West wants Libyan oil, country set for ruin like Iraq and Afghanistan’

32 people have been arrested in Libya in connection with recent bomb attacks in the capital. All those detained are said to belong to a network of loyalists of the country’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi and have reportedly been receiving financial backing from abroad. RT talks to political analyst and Middle East consultant Peter Eyre. [...]

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Creative Chaos: ‘Outlaws, smugglers US proxies in looting of Syria’

The world’s biggest global body outside the UN – Organization of Islamic Cooperation – is suspending Syria’s membership. Iran’s the only member of the bloc to have openly spoken out ‘against’ sidelining Damascus. But several member countries, like Qatar and Saudi Arabia are pushing to mobilize support for Syrian rebels. Syria’s opposition steps up calls [...]

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No mainscream over one-sided Arab Spring coverage

With the mainstream media’s over-reliance on amateur footage and dubious reports from Syria – it’s becoming hard to tell what’s true or false in the conflict. Some experts suggest that is a pattern familiar to any revolution in the region over the last few years. RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on [...]

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‘Internet – weapon of destruction, each slogan is dum-dum bullet’

Public misinformation through media becomes easier during war time, warns French information guru Jacques Seguela. You can always simulate a massacre that has not occurred, but communication can also prevent conflicts, he told RT – READ FULL SCRIPT on.rt.com Communication is a weapon in our time when all wars are broadcast live, says Seguela, a [...]

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Hype over Syria chemicals ‘deja-vu & old Pentagon scenario to oust regime’

Syria’s rebels claim the regime has moved its chemical arsenal to airports near the country’s borders, in a move they say is to intimidate foreign powers. Sources in Damascus, though, claim the lion’s share of the stockpiles are stored securely in Syria’s less-turbulent south. William F. Engdahl, the author of “Myths, Lies and Oil Wars” [...]

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Al Jazeera World – The Imam and the Colonel

The downfall of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi last year was greeted with great hopes for the rebirth of a nation. But there was another hope felt by many inside and outside of the country – that the end of his 42-year rule would allow some light to be shed on the fate of a [...]

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Libya set to announce parliamentary election’s winner

Libya’s election commission is set to announce the official winner of the country’s parlimentary election. It is the first election since Muammar Gaddafi was ousted from power last year. And once the new General National Congress takes power, it’ll have a long to do list.

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Listening Post – Covering Libya’s first post-Gaddafi elections

When Libyans vote in the country’s first free elections in almost five decades, will they have had the benefit of a free and independent media to help them make an informed decision? Since Muammar Gaddafi’s downfall, the country has seen a proliferation of news outlets, from print, broadcast and online. But after decades under Gaddafi’s [...]

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‘Thugs, Islamists & chaos’ – welcome to New Libya?

After a national election marred by violence and boycotts, vote counting is now underway in Libya. The election marks the beginning of a new, weak Libya, political analyst Richard Spencer told RT. Official results for the historic parliamentary election are not expected to be released for about a week, but the country’s liberal Islamic coalition [...]

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Attacks, abductions, boycott & bloodshed ‘pave way’ to Libyan democracy

It’s been a rocky start to Libya’s first elections in half a century. Armed gangs have stormed a polling station in the North, while boycotts, shootings and abductions have affected voting across the country. In Benghazi, where last year’s uprising began, protesters this morning burned ballot papers, and decried the vote ‘a sham’. In all, [...]

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‘Libya election fail to show West rerun of pre-Gaddafi disarray’

International Criminal Court officials – jailed in Libya for almost a month – say there’s no chance Gaddafi’s son, Saif Al-Islam, will get a fair trial. The representatives were freed just days ago – ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections tomorrow. But the lead-up has seen bloody sectarian clashes, with hundreds dead, as one former [...]

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