Gaddafi Fashion: The Emperor Had Some Crazy Clothes
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For his first-ever address to the U.N. General Assembly, Gaddafi wore a conservative brown shirt and tunic, a stately look that lent the Libyan leader a bit of gravitas. That was quickly squandered, however, when Gaddafi took the podium for his now infamous speech, a rambling, colorful diatribe deriding the international body that went on for more than an hour and a half.
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