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Spotlight | Libya
SMS and clubs to quell a riot

Caught off balance by revolutionary winds from Tunisia and Egypt and confronted with an ever-bolder opposition, Muammar Gaddafi is planning a counter-attack - by whipping up the street. His efforts in recent weeks to dampen social unrest (MC 958/956) having [...]

Published on 10.02.2011 at 09:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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