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Rough justice
CAMERON’S LAW
by Daphne Liddle
THE RECENT RIOTS IN London that spread throughout the country gave the ruling class a scare. And now the bourgeois state machine, through the courts, is responding vindictively and handing out draconian custodial sentences to hundreds of people — most of whom were first offenders.
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Tripoli celebrates a victory
by our Arab Affairs correspondent
MISRATA has fallen. The rebel stronghold on the road to Tripoli was stormed by loyalist forces this week and they now control most of the port that has been in rebel hands for the past six months. And Libyan Interior Minister Nasser al Mabrouk has appeared on Libyan television to dismiss western claims that he had fled to Egypt to join the rebels, pointing out that his private visit to Cairo was for hospital treatment.
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[ Tripoli celebrates a victory ]