Latest update: 24/09/2012 

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Gaddafi: a story of sexual slavery

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Almost a year after his death, several women claim the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forced them into sexual slavery. In Tunisia, an islamist charity helps couples get that big wedding they may have been hoping for but critics say the assistance is motivated by politics. And with the Moroccan government bank rolling so much of the country's movie industry, moviemakers risk their independence.

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