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a trial of an american basketball star on drug charges has opened in russia. the kremlin has denied their detention is motivated by tensions over ukraine. now on bbc news it s time for global questions. hello, i m zeinab badawi. welcome to this edition of global questions from tbilisi, the capital of georgia. this country neighbours russia and there s a lot of concern here that moscow s invasion of ukraine could trigger putin s ambitions to try to control other parts of the former soviet union, like georgia. after all, just north of here are two russian backed separatist enclaves in georgia. in this programme, we ll be looking at what it s like to live in moscow s shadow and ask how real is putin s dream of a new imperialist russia? welcome to the magnificent garden hall in tbilisi. i m joined by a top panel from across the region who are going to be answering questions from our local audience here. but before they do that, let us give you this brief overview of why people
but unlike the new american president, this guy had been ruling his country for 40 infamous years. his excellency, more market duffy, leader of the revolution, president of the african revolution, king of kings of africa. gaddafi raged on for 95 minutes and eight seconds, a diatribe against the wind from a jumble of handwritten notes, waving a copy of the un charter and then pretending to wrap it up. it should not be called the security council. it should be called the terror council. muammar gaddafi made no mention of the pan am bombing over locker b, or [inaudible] president kennedy. we want to know who killed him. somebody by the name of lee harvey. and then another, jack route ruby, killed harvey. why did he kill him? [inaudible] the un and the white house. i would try to wouldn t try to better part of the afternoon. the speech from the libyan dictator muammar gaddafi was weird. weird, weird. he called for the un headquarters to be relocated to libya so
new american leader was making his first appearance at the annual united nations general assembly. president barack obama was just eight months into his first term, and the un meeting was his big debut on the global diplomatic stage he and his secretary of state, hillary clinton, were greeted warmly by american allies as they announced a more cooperative approach to international affairs as opposed to the with us or against us attitude of the prior administration. president obama was not the only world leader attending his very first un general assembly that day. another first timer got almost as much attention as obama. but unlike the new american president, this guy had been ruling his country for 40 infamous years. his excellency, moama gadafi, leader of the revolution, president of the african revolution, king of kings of africa. gaddafi raged on for 95 minutes and eight seconds, a diatribe against the wind from a jumble of handwritten notes, waving a copy of the un c
quadafi raged on for 95 minutes and 8 seconds, a diatribe against the u.n. from a jumble of handwritten notes and waving a copy of the u.n. charter and pretending to rip it up. it should not be called a security council. and he made no mention of the lockerde by scotland plane. and who called him? somebody by the name of lee harvey and jack ruby called lee harvey. whyle did he kill him? mystified the u.n. and the white house i t wouldn t try to begin to explain the actions today. the speech from the libyan dictator was weird. really weird.at he called for the u.n. headquarters to be relocated to libya so that he could avoid jet lag, but remarkably, this was not even the weirdest part of quadafi s visit to the united states. the weirdest part was his attempts to find somewhere to pitch his tent literally. he liked to travel with a tent that we set up wherever he is going and not talking about a small camping tent, a big structure to hang out with entourage and