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(Libya: Ben Wedeman) The battle outside of Brega on Wednesday featured; video shown.
(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's Ben Wedeman, "Sunday Times" Marie Colvin and "New York Times" David Kirkpatrick about what is going on in Libya; video shown. [By phone, voice of KIRKPATRICK - says the repression by Kadhafi has led to smaller protests and the Kadhafi forces fired on the crowd in front of the media presence; states he saw shots being fired at people.] [COLVIN - says it was pandemonium, the people are hiding away more and Kadhafi is tightening his grip on Tripoli; comments on how the authorities are making it difficult for reporters by taking memory cards etc.] [WEDEMAN - outlines seeing carloads of fighters heading toward a town with a refinery now that anti-Kadhafi forces control the refinery; says it is now a war, not protests, as there is haphazard organization.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with "New York Times" David Kirkpatrick and Johns Hopkins University professor Fouad Ajami about Libya. [KIRKPATRICK - says we have anecdotal reports on people taken by the government forces and some have not come back; notes the Libyan army is not well organized, but organized on tribal lines.] [AJAMI - says we do not know who has the upper hand; states they {the people} want the help of the West and desperately need foreign assistance; comments on the opposition in Benghazi and they have a platform.]
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(Studio: Isha Sesay; Tripoli: Nic Robertson) The CNN interview with son Saif el-Kadhafi reviewed and discussed: says there could be reform after the militias are defeated, what he said about the video of him waving a gun, that Saif believes what he is saying. [KADHAFI - comments on the situation in Libya.].
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with ex-New Mexico Governor former US ambassador to U.N. Bill Richardson and CNN's Fareed Zakaria about Libya. [RICHARDSON - says a no-fly zone is a viable option; suggests we look at covert programs to help the rebels and rally the international community.] [ZAKARIA - outlines the broader issue: that Libyan leader Muammar el-Kadhafi has all the guns so the key is to pressure him to end it and the no-fly zone is not a magic solution; suggests covert CIA actions to aid the rebels; comments on his special for this weekend.]
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(Studio: Isha Sesay) The arrival of humanitarian supplies in Tunisia to help refugees from Libya; the killing of protesters in Ivory Coast; the revenge motive for the shooting of US airmen in Germany; the drop in unemployment and the royal mint's coin commemorating the upcoming wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton reported; Ivory Coast video shown.
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