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drdrmrgn | 15:18 Sun 16th Oct 2011 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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the answer seems to be Gaddafi but in the papers the name is spelt Gadaffi. Could the compiler be wrong?? Or am I?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi
15:20 Sun 16th Oct 2011
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Full clue?
15:19 Sun 16th Oct 2011
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There are so many ways of spelling words when translating from original Arabic.... I'd go for 2 Ds myself.
15:20 Sun 16th Oct 2011
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi
15:20 Sun 16th Oct 2011
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Sunday Times 4455 18 dn. Good boost, if a revolutionary deposed dictator (7)
15:22 Sun 16th Oct 2011
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Sunday Times 4455 18dn

the answer seems to be Gaddafi but in the papers the name is spelt Gadaffi. Could the compiler be wrong?? Or am I?
15:23 Sun 16th Oct 2011
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Thanks all but still doesn't explain why in The Sunday Times it refers to Colonel Gadaffi.
15:25 Sun 16th Oct 2011
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From the Sunday Times (Online) -

"...the last significant territory held by the ousted Gaddafi regime has fallen to jubilant Libyan revolutionaries.

Tracer fire lit up the sky over Sirte, Colonel Gaddafi’s native city, last night as the revolutionaries toasted their victory..."
15:33 Sun 16th Oct 2011

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