Article: African Leaders Seek U.N. Support

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) _ African leaders want the world's richer nations to help the continent emerge from decades of conflict and poverty to become a major player in the world economy _ and they have plenty of ideas.

The U.N. General Assembly is interrupting its annual ministerial meeting for a daylong discussion Monday on how to support a new homegrown African plan to create a partnership between the continent and more prosperous developed countries.

Called the New Partnership for Africa's Development, or NEPAD, it aims to meet the U.N. goal of cutting in half the number of Africans living in extreme poverty by 2015 by bringing the continent more ...

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