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US President Barack Obama gives a press conference on June 27, 2013 at the presidential palace in Dakar. Obama arrived late on June 26 in Dakar to launch a three-nation trip designed to fulfil neglected expectations for his presidency on a continent where he has deep ancestral roots.
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