Jon Snow
The flicker in the two foot high Libyan face on the video wall
Moussa Koussa’s defection represents a major breakthrough for western allies, but donlt expect his taskmaster Gaddafi to follow, says Jon Snow.
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Gaddafi’s diplomats expelled from Britain
All Colonel Gaddafi’s Libyan diplomats are to be expelled from the UK as Britain recognises the National Transitional Council as the “sole governmental authority” in the country.
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Gaddafi’s son and heir: with friends like these
Well connected in the west, Saif al-Islam had been tipped to succeed his father, Muammar Gaddafi, as leader of Libya – until his appearance on Libyan state TV.
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Moussa Koussa to attend Libya talks in Qatar
Former Libyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa will leave the UK to attend an international conference in Doha on the future of Libya. Victims of terror attacks tell Channel 4 News they are “outraged”.
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Lockerbie police meet ex-Libyan minister Moussa Koussa
Police investigating the Lockerbie bombing have met Libyan defector Moussa Koussa, as a man whose home was damaged in 1988 tells Channel 4 News he is “surprised but pleased” at the development.
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Moussa Koussa faces Scottish police questioning
The father of a victim of the Lockerbie bombing has told Channel 4 News that he has approached Scottish police with a list of questions about Moussa Koussas involvement in the atrocity.
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Moussa Koussa: is Libyan's defection the tipping point?
Our Foreign Affairs correspondent Jonathan Rugman considers the impact on the Gaddafi regime of its Foreign Minister’s flight to Britain.
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Jon Snow
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Libya: Hague calls on more Gaddafi regime figures to defect
Following the defection of Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, William Hague calls on other key Libyan figures in Gaddafi’s regime to follow suit. Jonathan Rugman looks at Koussa’s background.
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Father of Lockerbie victim: ‘Gaddafi should be tried’
The father of a victim of the Lockerbie bombing has told Channel 4 News he is calling for international investigators to start collecting potential evidence on the attack from Libya.
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Tony Blair has spoken to Gaddafi, Mandelson confirms
Tony Blair has spoken to Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi in the last two days, Lord Mandelson has confirmed. The friendly relations date back to the “deal” struck over the Lockerbie bomber in 2007.
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Gary Gibbon
‘No smoking gun’ in Lockerbie report
Gary Gibbon looks at Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell’s report on the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
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Labour Government aided Lockerbie bomber’s release
New documents published today show that the previous Labour government did “all it could” to help Libya secure the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.
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Lockerbie bomber’s release: the view from Washington
As documents are published about the release of the Lockerbie bomber, Sarah Smith hears from US politicians who say it “stretches the imagination” to believe Holyrood and Whitehall did not do a deal.
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Environmental 9/11? Obama and the oil spill
In June Barack Obama likened the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. It was one of several incendiary comments from the president critical of BP.
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Lockerbie, BP, desert deals: who knows who?
How does an ex-spy link BP, Libya and Lockerbie bomber? Who Knows Who investigates the key players at the heart of a growing transatlantic rift – from deals in the desert to the boardroom, via MI6.
