Follow The Leader
Former 'mad dog' Muammar Qadhafi is taking Libya in a surprising new direction
By Thomas Omestad
Posted 5/30/04
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Libya map labels
AFRICA
LIBYA
Benghazi
Tripoli
Surt
Sabha
Population: 5.8 million
Life expectancy: 76 years
Religion: 97 pct. Sunni Muslim
Per capita GDP: $6,200
Unemployment rate: 25 pct.
Oil production: 1.429 million barrels a day
Source: CIA's The World Factbook 2003
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