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Reconciliation meeting begins

    NAIROBI

    President Laurent-Desire Kabila on Tuesday attended the opening ceremony of national reconciliation talks organised by Congolese religious groups in Kinshasa, but he made no speech, news agencies reported. Organisers said delegates would begin meeting in small working groups on Wednesday. Some 1,200 people have been invited to the talks, which aim to pave the way for inter-Congolese negotiations called for in the Lusaka ceasefire agreement. The country’s main opposition politicians and rebel leaders have declined to attend.

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