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TONY EASTLEY: As our correspondent pointed out it's difficult to get information out of Libya but there are reports this morning that some members of an army unit in Benghazi have defected and joined the protest movement. Libya's permanent representative to the Arab League has reportedly told journalists in Cairo that he's resigning in order to join the protests. The Reuters newsagency is also saying that a local doctor in Benghazi says that on Sunday alone 50 people were killed in the city, many of them shot dead. The doctor told Reuters that a further 100 people had been seriously...

I'm listening to the local scAir America station out of curiosity on how they are reacting to the bombing in London. Thom Hartmann, the host, had on Oregon's governor Ted Kulongoski for an interview. He said, "... the way you mitigate it is by understanding why they hate us..." and "... The United States must negotiate with the insurgence in good peace...". Later Hartmann had a former CIA guest on the show who said ..."we must know why they hate us." Just like Carl Rove said!