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The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right with UN cap, talks to journalists during his tour of the Kibera Slums in Nairobi, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007. Ban Ki-moon says he chose to kick off his tenure with a four-nation African tour to show tackling poverty and resolving conflicts on the continent was high on his agenda, even though he's the first non-African U.N. chief in 15 years making a symbolic visit to one of Africa's biggest slums to show his own resolve to reduce poverty. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)