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World Service,26 Feb 2011,25 mins

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As chaos reigns in Libya, our correspondent gauges the mood on the streets of Tripoli. Barbara Plett sees the events in North Africa trigger a diplomatic drama at the United Nations. Mark Mardell explores why the United States sometimes backs the bad guy when it aspires to be a beacon of democracy. Jonty Bloom hears why in Belgium a linguistic divide is keeping political parties from forming a government. And Mark Lowen pays tribute to the BBC Serbian language service, closing this weekend after 72 years on air.

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