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...Addis Ababa United States of Africa? Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the former international pariah who has mended relations with the West in recent years, was elected chairman of the African Union on Feb. 2. Gaddafi quickly vowed to pursue his dream of reorganizing the 53-member body into a political federation akin to the United States. He promised that the continent would consider the proposal--which many leaders in the short term oppose and which experts regard as unlikely--at a July summit. Libya, which has been assailed for human-rights violations and supporting terrorism during Gaddafi's 39-year...
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...Libyan government continues to imprison people for criticizing Gaddafi. Hundreds more have been 'disappeared.' Libya has no independent NGOs and the government tightly controls all forms of public expression." - Reed Brody, Brussels-based lawyer with Human Rights Watch, on his lack of enthusiasm regarding Gaddafi's new responsibilities in the African Union...
...People are infuriated that a financier of terrorism, who in recent days gave a hero's welcome to a convicted terrorist, would be welcomed to our shores, let alone reside in our city." - Michael Wildes, mayor of Englewood, N.J., reacting to Gaddafi's plans to erect a tent in the town while he addresses the U.N. General Assembly in mid-September, a move that has been criticized in light of Gaddafi's alleged welcoming of released Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi. (Reuters...