So the Libyan National Council put out a statement yesterday from London, which we found to be encouraging in terms of their approach to this.

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But on March 10, Mr. Sarkozy met with two representatives of the Libyan Transitional National Council, the main Libyan opposition.

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That should not surprise anyone who's been watching Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the Libyan Transitional National Council spokesman: that prominent bruise in the middle of his forehead is called a zubibah.

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The US and UK have recognised the Libyan opposition, the Transitional National Council (TNC), as the country's legitimate governing authority.

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British liberal MEP Edward McMillan-Scott - and MEPs from across the spectrum - urged the EU to formally recognise the Libyan opposition, the Provisional Transitional National Council.

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Libya had threatened to reveal more about the "grave secret" if France went ahead with its decision to recognise the rebel Transitional National Council as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people.

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Fearing their community was being marginalized, a group calling itself the Libyan Amazigh Congress announced it was suspending all relations with the National Transitional Council (NTC).

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