Libya's population is a quarter the size of Iraq's, and the country should be easier to control: almost all its people, a more homogeneous lot albeit with sharp tribal loyalties, live along the Mediterranean coastal strip.

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Years ago, Doonesbury took aim at the hazards of low-volume hospitals in a strip where a surgeon confided he kept his skills sharp by practicing brain surgery on large melons.

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