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0 Gaddafi's foreign minister Musa Kusa flees to UK and is `no longer willing' to represent the dictator. APRIL 14 David Cameron, Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy say Gaddafl must `go and go for good'. APRIL 19 British Army officers sent to advise rebels. MAY 28 RAF jets and other Nato forces strike a comm

APRIL 14 David Cameron, Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy say Gaddafl must `go and go for good'. APRIL 19

'11111, TS IN THE BITTER G F I OM TO JANUARY 14 Tunisian president Ben All ousted - the first victory in the Arab Spring which spread across North Africa. FEBRUARY 11 Hosni Mubarak, the leader of Egypt, is forced to resign. FEBRUARY 15 First protests begin in Lib- yan city of Benghazi against Gaddaf

dential election is instructive. One poll found that a remarkable 93 percent of Muslim voters went for Francois Hollande, while 7 percent voted for Nicolas Sarkozy; another leading poll found that Hollande got 85 percent. The usual estimate is that there are 2 million Muslim voters in France; if 85 percent of

llion Muslim voters in France; if 85 percent of them supported Hollande, that translates to 1.7 million votes. As Hollande's margin of victory over Sarkozy was 1.1 million votes, the impact of the Muslim voters was clear. This is a point well worth remembering when Europeans condescendingly point to U

nce over a Middle East peace agreement, even as the Administration continued to try to manage the post- revolution transitions across the region and North Africa. Obama doesn't believe that there is much he can do to change EFTA_R1_02204192 EFTA02720663 the status quo in North Korea. Meanwhile, the situat

t on track, he downplayed Iranian provocations. Shocked by Obama's efforts to minimize revelations about Iran's nuclear duplicity, French president Nicolas Sarkozy was driven to say, "We live in the real world, not in a virtual one." Sarkozy continued: "I support America's `extended hand.' But what have these

revelations about Iran's nuclear duplicity, French president Nicolas Sarkozy was driven to say, "We live in the real world, not in a virtual one." Sarkozy continued: "I support America's `extended hand.' But what have these proposals for dialogue produced for the international community? Nothing but m

hat might have a serious impact on Egypt's quota of the Nile waters. Furthermore, China wants to increase its presence in the MENA [Middle East and North Africa] region, primarily because its control over African and Middle Eastern countries like Libya and Syria has been diminished considerably as NATO's in

eda surrogates have aligned themselves with the protesters in Libya, Egypt and elsewhere, while painting the West as an enemy of the Arab people. In North Africa, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed that while protesters flooded the streets of Tunis and Cairo, it had been fighting in the mountains against

E_OVERSIGHT_023512 --- PAGE BREAK --- 2] Article 6. NYT France Flies, Germany Flops Roger Cohen April 16, 2011 -- ve always had a soft spot for Nicolas Sarkozy. He was the guy with the wrong name and the wrong background who took on the smug talkers with names like Dominique de Villepin and vanquished them.

rong schools who believed in energy and talent and had the audacity to smash the taboo that said a French politician can’t love America and prosper. Sarkozy was a doer. He thought Francois Mitterrand’s seductive phrase (in French at least) — “Il faut laisser le temps au temps” (You must let time take its

lead. They agreed that there was no choice but for Hillary to sit down in person with both British prime minister David Cameron and French president Nicolas Sarkozy. “I’m sorry, Hillary, but you’re going to fly over the Atlantic again,” said Obama, who was about to leave on his own foreign trip, to Brazil. So onl

_024977 --- PAGE BREAK --- 21 biggest mistake of his presidency was doing nothing to prevent genocide in Rwanda. Hillary’s personal connection to Sarkozy helped cement the coalition. In 2010, Sarkozy had gallantly steadied her after a shoe had come off her foot as she climbed the stone steps of the Ely

hief of staff in the White House, to be the first ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues. Even amid the Sturm und Drang of the Middle East and North Africa, she’s liable to leave her imprint in the same areas that brought her into public life in the first place—helping women and children and strengthenin

y was dominated by generals and played almost no role in the world. Now it is a vibrant democracy and a major force in the Middle East, the Caucasus, North Africa, the Balkans, and beyond. The election was a triumph for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has presided over his country's remarkable transfor

rn leaders once again found themselves committing to military action, this time in Libya - Mr Obama with evident reluctance, Mr Cameron and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France with apparent enthusiasm. The Libyan war illustrates how unfolding events can force a political leader's hand. That could still happen in S

dent reluctance, Mr Cameron and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France with apparent enthusiasm. The Libyan wa