News and Analysis (3/1/11)

Despite continuing resignations over the direction of developments in Tunisia:

• Tunisia Legalises Islamist Group Ennahda (BBC)

As protestors, government dispute whether Mousavi and Kourrabi are in jail or under house arrest:

• Iran Forces Fire Teargas, Clash with Protesters (Reuters)

Despite the fact that Gaddafi’s opposition has “seized about half of Libya’s coastline, including a number of major cities in the east” …

• Defiant Tripoli Neighborhood Endures Crackdowns (Washington Post)

… and continue to hold Zawiyah in the west …

• Qaddafi’s Forces Repelled in Bid to Retake Western Libya City (Christian Science Monitor)

… the delusional leader of the four-decades-old revolution continues to insist that the only opposition comes from al-Qaeda and their doped-up dupes:

• ‘My People Love Me’: Moammar Gadhafi Denies Demonstrations Against Him Anywhere in Libya (abc News)

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi called for more democracy in his LSE Ph.D.dissertation, but the university is taking seriously allegations that the work was plagiarized:

• LSE Investigates Gaddafi’s Son Plagiarism Claims (BBC)

When Hadiya AbdulSalaam complained that her family was being unfairly broken up by a biased official, the agency “”disbelieved anything Mrs. AbdulSalaam said that [the accused bureaucrat] contradicted”:

• Witness Questioned 5 Hours as Muslim Bias Trial Continues (Columbus Dispatch)

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