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Congo's President Joseph Kabila visits meets Secretary of State Colin Pwell

WAP2001020199 - 02 FEBRUARY 2001 - WASHINGTON, D. C. USA: Secretary of State Colin Powell welcomes Congo's new president, Joseph Kabila, left, at the State Department in Washington February 1, 2001. Kabila was sworn in last Friday after the Jan. 16 assassination of his father, Laurent Kabila, who had seized power in 1997. rw/Ricardo Watson UPI

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