Brussels, 20/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy stated, on Thursday 20 October, that the death of Muammar Gaddafi “marks the end of an era of despotism and repression from which the Libyan people have suffered for too long”. EU High Representative Catherine Ashton issued a statement saying that the death of the Libyan dictator during the battle of Sirte “brings closure to a tragic period in the...