Two weeks ago cyclone  Daniel swept across northern Africa. In Libya, it obliterated two dams above  Derna, sweeping away the Libyan city, and drowning unknown thousands of people. The dams were built by  Muammar Ghadaffi, who was born a  goat-herder, near Derna. Rising through the military, he engineered a  successful coup in 1969 against colonially-appointed King Idris. Gaddafi was a More

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