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Gaddafi welcomes Rwandan peace proposal, keeps details secret

[Kyrgyzstan] Farming organic cotton in Jalal-Abad province. [Date picture taken: 02/07/2005] Nicolas Boll/BioCotton Project
Recession has leveled recent growth of organic cotton sector (file photo)

Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi said Rwandan President Pasteur Bizimungu had made “a new peace proposal” to him at a meeting on Thursday, media sources reported. Gaddafi did not reveal details of the proposal but said he would personally present it at the 26 June Lusaka summit


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