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Can African Union Succeed in Libya Where US, Others Failed?

By Lauren FrayerApr 11th 2011 – 10:24AM
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Mahmud Turkia, AFP / Getty Images

Already juggling some of the world's most bloody conflicts and dire health crises, the African Union is now taking on what Washington, Europe and the Arab states have so far failed at -- trying to achieve peace in Libya. That's a tall task for the barely 9-year-old African Union, a loose organization of African delegates...

Waiting for Gadhafi: Former US Congressman Cools His Heels in Tripoli

By Lauren FrayerApr 8th 2011 – 7:19AM
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MCT / AP

Trying to convince a rabid dictator to relinquish power -- or even get a face-to-face meeting with him -- is more difficult than even some can-do U.S. politicians might think. That's the lesson former GOP congressman Curt Weldon learned this week when he landed in Libya confident that his old contacts with Moammar Gadhafi...

Who Is Curt Weldon and Why Is He Meeting Gadhafi Again Today?

By Lisa FlamApr 6th 2011 – 12:04PM
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Former U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon has met with Moammar Gadhafi several times before, and he'll meet face-to-face with the Libyan leader again. Weldon, a Republican from Pennsylvania, met today with Gadhafi's chief of staff in Tripoli and is scheduled to talk to the leader himself later today, New York's WPIX-TV reported from...

Background on curt weldon

Wayne Curtis "Curt" Weldon (born July 22, 1947) is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2007, representing the 7th district of Pennsylvania.

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