Jon Snow
The lure of the 'very bad man'
Very bad men and cults that go bad: Jon Snow blogs on Gaddafi and the green that turned to black, tinged with the red blood of those who opposed his dictatorship.
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Jon Snow
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Gaddafi urges supporters ‘fight on’
Muammar Gaddafi urged his supporters to fight on as world leaders freed up billions of dollars to help Libya’s new rulers rebuild the North African state.
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High-velocity celebration: Tripoli after Gaddafi
For now it is the Eid holiday. A pause. A time to try and drink in what has happened across this city, where another simple grafitti slogan captures the mood, the practicality, the possibility of the new reality: “I love this year – 2011”
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Leaders meet in Paris for ‘friends of Libya’ summit
As world leaders meet for a key summit on Libya, one analyst tells Channel 4 News there is a diplomatic scramble to establish Libya’s new government and avoid a “terrific embarrassment”.
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Jon Snow
The blow-back of war
Perhaps the most fitting memorial to 9/11 might prove to be a thorough analysis of how and why this devastating mechanism of war is taking root with such speed.
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Paralympic footballers were ‘naive’ about sport
As the event schedule for the London 2012 Paralympics is released, Channel 4 News speaks to footballers who admit they were “naive” and “sceptical” about disability football until they got involved.
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Defiant Gaddafi rallies supporters as rebels target hometown
Colonel Gaddafi calls on his supporters to march on Tripoli and “purify” the capital of Libya’s rebels, as International Editor Lindsey Hilsum meets neighbourhood groups patrolling the streets.
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Gary Gibbon
No ‘mission accomplished’ moment for Cameron on Libya
There will be no “mission accomplished” style banner on Libya when David Cameron attends the Paris Conference next week, blogs Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
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Will Libya change David Cameron?
This has been a defining moment for David Cameron, just as Tony Blair’s intervention in Kosovo was for him. But whereas Blair developed a whole theory of liberal intervention around his Kosovo motives in his famous Chicago speech we must wait to see how the remarkable success of Cameron’s Libyan campaign will change him.
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Libya campaign ‘initially a mess’ – Whitehall source
As regime change unfolds in Libya, Channel 4 News also learns a recent intelligence assessment believed Gaddafi would still be in power in September.
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Syria defies UN to storm eastern city
Syrian troops have killed 20 people in a tank assault on the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, ignoring direct appeals from the UN to President Bashar al-Assad to end civilian bloodshed.
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Denial in Damascus as Syria revolts
Syria is in open revolt with hundreds killed, weekly protests now daily and chants against the president in every corner of the country, writes a Syria expert for Channel 4 News.
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Turkey must strengthen border controls, say MPs
Turkey must tighten its border controls if it is to become a member of the European Union, MPS have warned, saying failure to do so would lead to a mass influx of illegal migrants.
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Gaddafi regime taunts UK over general’s death
As it emerges Libyan rebel general Abdel Fatah Younes was killed by an Islamist militia fighting on his own side, the Gaddafi regime describes the death as a “slap in the face’ for the UK.
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Gary Gibbon
The horse and cart problem of the hacking inquiry
Lord Justice Leveson launched his media inquiry with a “look but don’t touch” no questions press conference. I wonder if he was influenced by Sir John Chilcot’s experience, blogs Gary Gibbon.
