UAT, Libya connection

[barkndog]

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Libya's transitional government picked an engineering professor and longtime exile as its acting prime minister Monday, with the new leader pledging to respect human rights and international law.

The National Transitional Council elected Abdurrahim El-Keib, an electrical engineer who has held teaching posts at the University of Alabama and Abu Dhabi's Petroleum Institute, to the post with the support of 26 of the 51 members who voted. El-Keib emerged victorious from a field that initially included 10 candidates.

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[Buzz Killington]

I wonder if he knows Tom?

[AUChizad]

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Would be a better story if he was part of Qaddafi's administration. Would have been a nice addition to the alumni list alongside Bernie Madoff, Timothy Leary, and Latrell Sprewell.