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    April 29, 2012

Ex-Libyan Oil Minister Found Dead in Danube in Vienna

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   Former Libyan oil chief Shukri Ghanem
   Photo: AP
   Former Libyan oil chief Shukri Ghanem talks with reporters in Rome, in
   this Wednesday, June 1, 2011 file photo.

   The body of former Libyan oil minister Shukri Ghanem was found floating
   in the Danube River in Vienna on Sunday.
   Police say there is no sign of foul play and that it is possible Ghanem
   became sick and fell into the water. Authorities say they will perform
   an autopsy.
   Ghanem was Libya's oil minister from 2006 until he abandoned dictator
   Moammar Gadhafi last year and fled to Austria. He later publicly backed
   the rebels who eventually toppled, captured and killed Gadhafi.

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