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Japan's prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, left, talks Jean Ping,foreign minister of Gabon and president of the 59th general assembly, as they attend various conferances and functions at the United Nations on September 20,2004 in New York City. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff

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