Erstellt am: 8. 10. 2012 - 15:20 Uhr

Mission impossible... or just very, very difficult?

Reality Check: Libya PM resigns, food speculation, European Stability Mechanism, homeless tours of Prague, Voyager heads to interstellar space.

It may not be the worst job in the world, but it has to be one of the worst. Being Prime Minister of Libya is not a job many would want at the moment because it seems that not only is it impossible to please all the people, all the timy, it is also impossible to please any of the people, any of the time.

Only weeks after being elected by the General National Congress, Prime Minister Mustafa Abu Shagur, has been voted out again in a resounding vote of no confidence.

He failed to win approval for his proposed full cabinet, so he went away and came back with proposals for a slimmed down, 10 member emergency "mini cabinet". That was rejected by 125 to 44 - meaning the GNC is now looking for another Prime Minister.

The main stumbling block to putting together a cabinet is that the country is full or warring factions who can't agree on how the different regions should be represented in the government. Many feel the representation should reflect the role that region played in driving out Colonel Gaddafi, but they can't agree on whose role was more important.

Even if the next PM manages to put together some sort of cabinet, that will be the start of his troubles. Then he will have to deal with the warring factions themselves and the deep divisions that still exist within the country.

This chaotic process is, of course, part and parcel of the always difficult transition to democracy - but how long that will take, and what other problems lie along the path, is the great unknown.

Shashank Joshi analyses the current situation and the problems facing Libya's new democracy.

• Speculation and food

How world markets manipulate food prices to the detriment of both the famers and the consumers. Anne van Schaik from Friends of the Earth Europe, explaines to Chris Cummins that while speculative investments are needed - they must be the right sort.

• European Stability Mechanism

The first board meeting of the European Stability Mechanism – the Eurozone’s permanent bailout fund – is being held today, yet many questions still remain about how it will work. Vanessa Mock of the Wall Strees Journal reports.

• Voyager 1

Voyager 1 appears to have becomes the first human built space vessel to leave the Solar Sytem. Space writer Peter Bond told Steve Crilley about the Voyagers, their 25 yera journey so far, and where they are heading next.

• Homeless tours of Prague

How some of Prague's homeless are finding an income by offering unusual tours of the city. Rob Cameron reports.

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