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Abdurrahim el-Keib elected as new Libyan leader

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Libya's interim government elects a US-educated academic to oversee the dawn of democracy, a move likely to reassure the West. Also, we hop on Algeria's brand-new metro system, 30 long years in the making. Finally, we look at the struggle against sexual harassment in Morocco, where women are turning to social networks to overturn an embedded taboo.

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