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Spotlight | Libya
Zeidan adopts military bearing for Paris visit

Security issues will be highest on the agenda when Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan turns up in Paris on Feb. 12 for an international conference on support for Libya - and for his first official meeting with French president François [...]

Published on 07.02.2013 at 22:01 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Spotlight | Libya
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Former defence attache Thierry Gilistro joins Dassault group

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Brigitte Curmi briefs MEDEF and the CCFL

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French arms board plans Tripoli fair

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