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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10319

19 February 2011
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Some personal remarks on events in Tunisia and elsewhere

What about Libya? In my view, Muanmar Gaddafi is the most radically anti-democratic of the tyrants from whom the Arab peoples have either freed themselves or are in the process of doing so. His reaction to events has been explicitly negative, for the simple reason that his regime is at least as tyrannical as those which are crumbling. His religious fanaticism is total, with its ludicrous features, such as pitching his tent, where he sleeps and receives guests, in a Rome or Paris park when he...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
CALENDAR OF EVENTS