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Adi. Today talk of fighting and freedom in the oldest coffee shop in Benghazi.

The dark clouds gathering over Ivory Coast, Armander laments the turmoil in the land once known for its hospitality and peace.

A million Cubans prepare for life outside state employment.

We meet one who thinks the future is in pizza. And coming soon to a concert hall near you, the Congolese

musicians playing their way out of poverty and onto the world stage.

Forces loyal to the Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has stage. Tripoli. Reliable information from the scene has been scarce.

Journalists have been prevented from visiting the area.

In another appearance on state television,

the Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi accused the West of wanting to seize

Libya's oil, and he warned that imposing a no-fly zone on his country would backfire.

The eastern city where the revolt began, Bing Garzy, is for the time being at least,

well away from the front line. And Michael Buchanan says many there are still reveling in their newfound freedom.

I was traveling around Benghazi early the other morning my first full day in the city.

As we neared a roundabout, my bleary focus was sharpened by the sight of a small Toyota pickup truck

approaching from the right.

What picked my interest was not the vehicle per se, but the fact that perched on the back was a large machine gun, pointing

skywards thankfully. The conflict that had previously only seen and heard about seemed very

real. A closer look at the truck revealed that it had

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