AP with JMD quotes: Gadhafi demise revives Libya's Olympic dreams
By KARIN LAUB
The Associated Press
Moammar Gadhafi decreed that no one should be a star, and top athletes were woefully neglected during his four-decade rule.
As a result, oil-rich Libya never won an Olympic medal and ranked near the bottom in athletic competition with other Mediterranean countries that had far fewer resources, including neighbouring Tunis…
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