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My people love me, the thoughts of Colonel Gaddafi, as the struggle continues for control of

Libya.

A protest in Shanghai, but many there it seems would rather go shopping. Germany's defense minister is forced to resign,

but what does the fate of the man they're calling Dr. Gugelberg

tell us about today's German society?

And we've a wardrobe malfunction to confess, 63 floors up in a tower block in Singapore.

Anyone who thought the disturbances in Libya would lead to the swift demise of Colonel Gaddafi is now being forced

to think again. This morning Libyan Air Force planes have launched fresh attacks

on the rebel-held town of Braeger in the east of the country, home to a major oil terminal.

They're reported to have bombed the airport as well as rebel forces in nearby Aisdabir.

Meanwhile the Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has contacted Colonel Gaddafi to suggest that an international peacekeeping mission could be sent to mediate in the crisis.

True to form, Colonel Gaddafi was defiant on Libyan television, talking of fighting to the last man

and woman, and warning that thousands would die if Western forces intervened in the conflict. Jeremy Byrne was among a small group of

correspondence taken to meet him on Tuesday evening.

Even on the best hinges Libyan oil money can buy and German automotive

engineering can create, the doors of the armoured BMWs they'd

sent to take us to see Colonel Gaddafi was still very heavy.

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