Long-Serving Saudi Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani Dies at 90

Long-Serving Saudi Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani Dies at 90
In this file photo, Saudi Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani listens to newsmen's questions during a news conference at Doha, Qatar, after he arrived to attend OPEC meeting, on Dec. 14, 1976. AP Photo, File
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Ahmed Zaki Yamani, a long-serving oil minister in Saudi Arabia who led the kingdom through the 1973 oil crisis that shattered the West and once found himself held hostage by the assassin Carlos the Jackal, died Tuesday in London. He was 90.

Saudi state television reported his death, without offering a cause. It said he would be buried in the Muslim holy city of Mecca.