The pilot tried for the third time to land the plane. Wind and rain lashed us from all sides. The plane swayed a bit, then banked sharply to the left and dropped. But this time we made it. There were no runway lights, no radar, no instrument landing system and, to be frank, no real [...]
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Libya News Libya: Col Gaddafi’s oil minister ‘did not flee’ Top Libyan oil official Shokri Ghanem has not defected, contrary to widespread reports, and is secretly working for Col Muammar Gaddafi to maintain ties with big oil companies, sources at western firms said. Shokri Ghanem, chairman of Libya’s National Oil Corporation Photo: REUTERS 11:33PM BST [...]
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