Security in Libya is tight ahead of the arrival of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice who is due to meet with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi later on Friday.
Details of Rice's stay have been kept vague as a precaution against a possible terrorist attack. Rice will become the first top US diplomat in over half Italy and Libya sign "friendship pact" ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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