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It stems from allegations that Nicolas Sarkozy accepted campaign funding from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
The late Libyan strongman may have pumped millions into Sarkozy’s campaign coffers in 2006, but five years later, France led the mission to bring Gaddafi down.
<p>Fresh news of <a href="/content/dailybeast/cheats/2012/06/07/u-n-to-discuss-syrian-massacre.html">more civilian deaths</a> in Syria raises the question, why doesn’t the U.N. authorize outside intervention under its Responsibility to Protect Doctrine, as it did in Libya? Lindsey Hilsum explains.</p>
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As U.S. officials admit that CIA spies are working covertly in Libya, former top U.N. jurist Geoffrey Robertson reports on whether international law permits the assassination of Gaddafi.
Forget U.N. resolutions! After decades of Gaddafi's deadly attacks and his support for terrorist groups across the world, America has every right to seek revenge says Andrew Roberts.
Whatever Obama says about his Libya plan tonight will affect the thinking of Gaddafi loyalists as they plot the next stages of battle against the surging rebels.
As despotic regimes across the Arab world crumble or battle for survival, what lies ahead? That depends on whether revolutionary citizens stay the course, how much of the tired leadership can be swept away, and how protected dictators are, five experts tell Rob Verger.
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