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Sat 07 Jul 2009New powers agreed for African Union
African heads of state yesterday approved a plan to enhance the powers of the African Union and give it a role in co-ordinating defence policy and trade negotiations, a participant in the talks said.
Libyan leader Muammar Gadafy has led a drive to turn the AU into a bloc along the lines of the European Union and had pushed hard for the adoption of the plan at a summit of African leaders he is hosting this week.
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