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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's Jill Dougherty, Ben Wedeman, Nick Robertson and Johns Hopkins University professor Fouad Ajami about Libya and a call for air strikes; inset video shown. [DOUGHERTY - outlines what the US is doing in the region and the possibility of a no-fly zone.] [From Benghazi, WEDEMAN - says there is no one leader in Benghazi.] [From Tripoli, ROBERTSON - indicates there is a standoff at this time between the government and anti-government forces; comments on the people's fear of leader Muammar el-Kadhafi.] [AJAMI - agrees there is a stalemate in week three: that Libya is a house divided; comments on the importance of the movement in Benghazi.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) A report from a man in hiding inside Tripoli, Libya, presented; scenes shown from Libya. [Voice of Libyan MAN - says it is quiet in Tripoli, but not normal; recalls being stabbed two week ago by a Libyan policeman; states leader Muammar el-Kadhafi is out of his mind and has led the country into disaster after disaster; notes Tripoli is under siege.]
(Studio: Anderson Cooper; Libya: Ivan Watson) The growing, messy refugee crisis in Libya, the help from Tunisians, who now need help, how they need to be flown out to their countries of origin discussed; inset video from the Tunisian border shown.
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with Fadel al-Ameen about Libya and Kadhafi. [AMEEN - recalls the hanging of university students in Libya, how he was declared an enemy of the state, how his daughter had her passport kept for weeks, how Kadhafi used to televise live executions in the square: he rules via sheer fear; asks why only Kadhafi and his family are giving interviews thus indicating there is no regime, just him; assesses Kadhafi's rule and efforts to unite the Arabs behind him.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper; Washington: Jill Dougherty) The dilemma for the White House and State Department as evidenced by the Yemeni president's speech and the position of the U.N. on reports of intervention in Libya discussed.
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(Studio: Isha Sesay) The demonstrations in Iran with crowds clashing with security forces; the open of the trial of James Ray for the death of three people in sweat lodges in Arizona; House passage of a bill to prevent a government shutdown; a statement from former Governor Mike Huckabee about his statement that President Obama grew up in Kenya and the firing by Christian Dior of designer John Galliano for anti-Semitic remarks reported. [In a video from a restaurant, GALLIANO - speaks out.]
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