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| | Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Africa makes historic Sirte II Declaration of the African Union |
 | | The Declaration, which climaxed a journey of 17 months from Sirte I, when the Union idea was unveiled in September 1999, could transform the dream of the region and its people, especially Libyan leader Col. Moammar Kadhafi, who could not hide his emotions after Salim had read the four-point statement. |
 | | After hosting the 4th OAU Extra-ordinary Summit, or Sirte I, which conceived the African Union in September 1999, Libya also hosted preparatory meetings to Sirte II, by Ambassadors accredited to the OAU and the Council of Ministers, 22-26 February in Tripoli. |
 | | The Libyan leader hailed the Sirte II Declaration, which is to be given greater vent at the OAU's July 2001, 37th Summit in Lusaka, Zambia, as the "beginning of a new balance of power," in a uni-polar world, where the US, Tripoli's arch-enemy holds sway. |
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