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Police: No foul play in drowning of former Libyan minister
Mahmud Turkia / AFP/Getty Images
This file picture taken on March 19, 2011 in Tripoli shows Libyan Oil Minister Shokri Ghanem speaking during a press conference.
By Reuters
Libya's former prime minister and oil minister Shukri Ghanem, a prominent defector from Moammar Gadhafi's government, drowned in the River Danube, Vienna police said on Monday, but a Libyan security source suggested he could have been murdered.
Ghanem's fully-clothed body was found in the Danube in Vienna on Sunday, a few hundred yards from his home. According to a preliminary autopsy there were no indications of foul play or suicide, spokesman Roman Hahslinger told reporters.
A Libyan security source said they were investigating the death and believed he could have been pushed into the Danube by former Gadhafi agents.
Former Libyan oil minister found floating in Danube
His body was found at 8:40 a.m. on Sunday by a passerby near the entertainment area known as Copa Cagrana, where a footpath winds along the riverbank. He had spent Saturday evening watching television with his daughter.
The daughter noticed at around 10 a.m. that her father was no longer at home, police said.
The former Gadhafi confidant, who was also close to Gadhafi's son Saif al-Islam, was privy to potentially damaging information on oil deals with Western governments.
Ghanem, 69, had been chairman of Libya's state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) before defecting last year several months after opponents of Gadhafi had risen up against the Libyan leader and begun a rebellion.
Saad Djebbar, a UK-based Algerian lawyer who knew Ghanem and advised the Libyan government during the Lockerbie affair, told Reuters Ghanem was not the sort of man to kill himself. "It's a very mysterious death," he said.
"He was worried about the future course of politics in Libya but he would not be the kind of man for suicide. He was very well introduced internationally and had lots of connections.".
"Shokri Ghanem definitely is one of the guys who knew a lot and was one of the most powerful guys in the old regime," said David Bachmann, an Austrian Chamber of Commerce official based in Tripoli who knew Ghanem well.
As NOC chairman since 2006, Ghanem helped steer Libya's oil policy and held the high-profile job of representing Libya at OPEC meetings, often visiting Vienna for meetings in that role.
After making a final break with the Gadhafi administration last year, Ghanem first appeared in Rome, saying he had defected because of the "unbearable violence" being used by government forces to try to put down the rebellion.
He had been working of late as an energy consultant in Vienna, where two daughters and their families also live.
Hahsinger said police had been unaware of any "concrete" threats against Ghanem.
Ghanem was still closely associated with Gadhafi's rule by Libya's new leaders and had ruled out returning home.
"Definitely there were people there who did not like him or who thought that he had stolen billions and now he is in safety in Vienna, having a nice life," Bachmann said, adding it was common knowledge that Ghanem was often in Vienna.
Bachmann said he would not have been surprised to read that former Libyan rebels had taken revenge on Ghanem, but said Gadhafi allies could also have held a grudge.
"The problem was he was sitting between the chairs. For the old guys (in the Gadhafi regime) he was a defector, a kind of a rat. For the rebels he was also a rat because he did not defect early enough," Bachmann said.
A woman who answered the phone at his home in a high-rise apartment block and identified herself as his daughter said: "Today we are still in a state of shock...right now I'm sorry I can't talk more."
Bachmann said Ghanem had many friends in Austria and Italy and spent time shuttling between Vienna and Rome while trying to lead a quiet life.
"He was 69 and was not a stupid guy. You figure out you have no political future and at a certain moment you say 'OK, let's finish this Libya story and try to enjoy my family and my grandkids and that's it'."
Ghanem, who studied at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Boston in the early 1970s, stood out among his fellow graduate students for his sharp intellect and infectious humor.
While American students there worried about soaring petrol prices during the OPEC oil embargo of 1973, he eagerly explained and defended the Arab view of the emerging new world energy order.
At an alumni reunion in 2004, he impressed his former classmates with his insider's account of the economic reforms he planned to introduce with the help of Gadhafi's son Saif al-Islam, whom he had mentored at OPEC headquarters at a time when the now-captured son wanted to make a name for himself outside of Libya.
Ghanem said Saif al-Islam had persuaded his father to reform but he wasn't sure how far reforms could go. He said he only wanted to stay in office as long as he could modernize the economy. If Gadhafi didn't keep him, Ghanem said, he would happily retire to write one or two books on economics he had in mind.
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Nicki Minaj Announces North American 'Pink Friday' Dates
U.S. tour dates kick off with a July 16 show in Chicago.
By Gil Kaufman
Nicki Minaj
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Nicki Minaj has announced the first North American dates for her "Pink Friday" tour, which will kick off on July 16 with a gig at the Chicago Theatre. The 15-stop sequel to her sold-out debut international outing is slated to run through an August 12 date in Vancouver at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
With capacities ranging from 2,800 to close to 7,000, the tour is likely to sell out quickly considering that tickets for Minaj's shows in the U.K., Japan and Australia sold out within hours of going on sale, according to a release announcing the road trip. Along with the official tour dates, Minaj will also hit a number of radio shows in the coming months, starting with a May 10 stop at KYLD's "WiLD Jam 2012, which will also feature Bay legend E-40, Gym Class Heroes, B.o.B. and Neon Hitch.
She'll swing by the KPWR gig in Los Angeles on May 12, then the WRDR show in Philadelphia on June 1, the WJMN gig in Boston on June 2, the Hot 97 Summer Jam in New York on June 3 and WZMX's July 20 show in Hartford.
For fans with a little extra coin, Nicki will be offering another shot at her VIP meet and greets on the tour, where Barbz will get a chance to have early access to the venue on the night of the show and get some face time with Minaj, as well as autographs and photos. Information on the VIP deals can be found on her website. Tickets for the tour go on sale on Friday (May 4).
Minaj just released the beach-tastic video for her pop single, "Starships," and is in the process of shooting the clip for her next one, "Right By My Side."
Nicki Minaj tour dates:
» 7/16 - Chicago, IL @ The Chicago Theatre
» 7/17 - Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre Detroit
» 7/19 - Cleveland, OH @ State Theatre at Playhouse Square
» 7/22 - Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre Atlanta
» 7/24 - Miami, FL @ James L. Knight Center
» 7/26 - Birmingham, AL @ Boutwell Auditorium
» 7/28 - Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
» 7/29 - Dallas, TX @ Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
» 7/31 - St. Louis, MO @ Peabody Opera House
» 8/2 - Denver, CO @ Wells Fargo Theatre
» 8/4 - Las Vegas, NV @ Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
» 8/7 - Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
» 8/11 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
» 8/12 - Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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Internet Identity System MiiCard Raises $2.5M To Help You Prove You Are Who You Say You Are Online
With the rise of startups building on top of the collaborative consumption model - that is, where users are buying from and selling directly to other users - there's a growing need for some sort of system to help verify user identities. Although there are others quietly working in this space, today the U.K.-based startup Miicard, which is building an identity verification service, has moved a step ahead. The company has just completed its second seed funding round, raising $2.5 million from New Wave Ventures, IQ Capital and Par Equity. MiiCard had previously raised $.75 million back in September, also from IQ and Par Equity. The company says it aims to use the additional funding to move into the U.S. market.montrose marshawn lynch earthquake bay area clear channel drexel dale george will
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