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New US ambassador to UN takes over (AFP)
Filed: April 23rd 2007: World

The new US ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, seen here in March 2007, takes over his duties Monday, US spokesman Richard Grenell said.(AFP/POOL/File/Mahmoud Al-Badri)AFP - The new US ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, takes over his duties Monday, US spokesman Richard Grenell said.

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