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Rebel oil minister says hopes to represent Libya at OPEC

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"I hope it will be me," Ali Tarhouni said when asked who will be representing the OPEC member Libya in the meeting.

He earlier confirmed that Shokri Ghanem, chairman of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) has defected from the regime of Muammar Gaddafi and left his post.

Copyright Reuters, 2011