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Article: Libyan leader arrives in Malawi
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- July 16, 2002
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Libyan leader arrives in Malawi
LUSAKA, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Libyan leader Col. Muammar Ghaddafi
arrived in Malawi Tuesday as part of his southern African tour since
last week's launch of the African Union (AU) in Durban, South
Africa, the Malawi News Agency reported.
Ghaddafi, who flew from neighboring Mozambique, was welcomed by
Malawi President Bakili Muluzi in the administrative capital
Lilongwe, as more than 5,000 people cheered on his arrival.
Several placards proclaiming "Ghaddafi champion of African Unity"
greeted the Libyan leader.
From Lilongwe, the Libyan leader will travel by road to Blantyre,
making four stops on the way to the country's commercial capital,
according ...