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Libya: the NTC's hard road to stability

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We begin in Libya, where reprisals against former supporters of Muammar Gaddafi have knocked the credibility of the interim ruling council. We then head to Tunisia where the rise of political Islam has led hard-line Salafists to become bolder in their condemnation of the secular media. Finally, we meet an Algerian-born actress drawing on memories of home to blow Parisian audiences away.

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