The Craziest Guy in the Room

This photo says it all.

A dark portrait of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, appears on the cover of TIME this week. The photographer Platon captured the cold stare of the dictator in 2009 during the U.N. General Assembly while shooting a portfolio of world leaders for the New Yorker magazine.

It says more than many words.

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Military buildup in Malta

Malta has become the focus of military preparations for a possible no-fly zone over Libya. 


Much of the military equipment needed to enforce a no-fly zone is already based on Malta.


Al Jazeera's James Bays reports from Malta: