A lesson in diplomacy

Published on 30 August 2010

RELATIONS WITH LIBYA / BERLUSCONI KISSES GADAFFI'S HAND / "Somehow it feels like I didn't go about this properly!"

Muammar Gadaffi has been greeted with all appropriate pomp and ceremony in Italy, with whom he has buried the post-colonial hatchet following a series of lucrative deals. Meanwhile, he has obtained a full apology and damages from the Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs Micheline Calmy-Rey to close the diplomatic incident arising from the arrest of his son in Geneva.

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