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The calming of 'mad dog' Gaddafi

Updated on 11 June 2009

By Nina Teggarty

As Colonel Gaddafi visits Italy, More4 News looks at the rehabilitation of a man once called the "mad dog" of the Middle East. Nina Teggarty reports.

Gaddafi (Credit: Reuters)

Once he was vilified as a criminal, a terrorist - even a "mad dog".

And there was a time when Libya’s Colonel Gaddafy was even public enemy number one.

Now other public enemies have replaced him - and the famously eccentric ruler has become a new best friend for a succession of European leaders. 

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