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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left waves her hand after arriving in Tripoli, Libya Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Rice begins a four-nation tour of North Africa in Tripoli today, meeting with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and other top officials in what the State Department is calling a landmark trip that will symbolize the opening of a new era in ties between the United States and the oil-rich country. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)