From the archive, 2 September 1969: King and colonels: Libya
Source: The Guardian
Thursday 2nd September, 2010
Libya , with President Nasser's Egypt the stablest country in the Arab world, had finally decided to shake off the paternalist rule of aged King Idris – who happily was not in the country at the tim... ...
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