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Article: EU/LIBYA: REALPOLITIK DRIVES RESUMPTION OF TIES WITH GADDAFI.
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- Interpress Service
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- January 2, 2008
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By Michael Deibert
PARIS, Dec. 31, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- European nations have ostensibly welcomed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi back into their diplomatic good graces, but controversy surrounding his human rights record has made for a rocky rapprochement.
Gaddafi visited France and Spain earlier this month for the first in decades, and he also attended the European Union-Africa summit in Lisbon. His participation sparked furious debates about his past actions and the import of the EU's much-professed commitment to human rights.
The embrace has been quite a turnaround for the Libyan leader, who seized power in a 1969 military coup that toppled King ...