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President unable to attend OAU

    NAIROBI

    President Omar el-Bashir was unable to attend the OAU summit in Togo, as planned, because of a "minor illness", news agencies reported. Bashir underwent a minor surgical operation when a cyst was removed, said a report on Kenyan radio. Quoting an anonymous source "close to the presidential palace", the Kenyan report said the operation was performed in a Khartoum hospital, and Bashir returned home the same day. The Sudanese delegation will be lead by the foreign minister, who is already in the Togolese capital, Lome.

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