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Iran's hardline president Wednesday cancelled his first foreign trip since his re-election was confirmed, leaving African leaders to turn their focus to Somalia and a continental government. Libyan leader and current African Union (AU) chief Moammar Gadhafi made no mention of the surprise invitation to Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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