Looking for opinions on this. Where does it lead?
I would suggest that if it were some other European country there might be some greater level of significance.
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10 March 2011 Last updated at 06:54 ET
France has become the first country to recognise the Libyan rebel leadership, the National Libyan Council (NLC), as the country's legitimate government. It comes as Nato is set to discuss military options in the Libyan conflict including a possible no-fly zone.
There is growing concern about the bombing of rebel-held areas by the forces of Col Muammar Gaddafi.
A BBC team which were detained and beaten up in Libya witnessed widespread mistreatment by the security forces.
In recent days pro-Gaddafi forces have tried to regain ground in the east, and have bombarded rebel forces in the town of Zawiya, 50km (30 miles) west of Tripoli.
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