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Trend alert: world figures are showing up in literary lists. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter just published his poetry. Now Muammar Gaddafi is out with a book for children. The Libyan leader has written Al Karia al Karia: Al Ard al Ard (The Village the Village: The Land the Land) to teach the values of agriculture and rural life. Sort of a Little House on the Desert

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME International, Feb. 20, 1995 | 2/20/1995 | See Source »

Full repairs of the port seemed likely to consume on the order of $9 billion and take up to two years. If it all began to look like some colossal punishment, Muammar Gaddafi was not above gloating. Terming the catastrophe ``God's revenge,'' the isolated Libyan leader declared, ``We were expecting it, and we prayed to God to do this to Japan,'' a country that he said ``always rushes to serve the devilish interests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PICKING UP THE PIECES | 2/6/1995 | See Source »

...under certain conditions, a Scottish newspaper reported. According to the Scotsman, of Edinburgh, Libyan authorities suggested to a visiting British lawmaker that two suspected Libyan intelligence agents be tried in a third country. But Britain, which has already charged the two men, rejected the offer unless Libyan capo Muammar Gaddafi allows the proceedings on British or U.S. soil. Why's Libya reaching out now? Gaddafi reportedly wants to rid the strapped country of U.N. sanctions imposed in 1992 after his government refused to hand over the suspects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLIGHT 103 . . . LIBYA PIPES UP | 8/25/1994 | See Source »

...Miami claim Garrison is the CIA's designated handler for Cedras. Garrison says he is not CIA, but he claims to have longstanding contacts within both the Central and Defense Intelligence Agencies. He says that in 1970 he worked "with the Americans" to overthrow the Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: With Friends Like These | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

...ardor with which spurned suitors such as Croatia are seeking travelers is matched only by the enthusiasm of countries that have never had much luck attracting visitors. Two years ago, in an effort to dramatize his country's openness, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi personally bulldozed a customs house on the Egyptian border. The invitation was ignored. Earlier this May, Gaddafi retailored his message to welcome foreign firms interested in developing the country's exquisite but deserted beaches and superb collection of classical antiquities. What the colonel neglected to mention is that U.N. sanctions ban international flights to the country. Thirsty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holidays In Hell | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

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