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South Africa and Nigeria will allow Zimbabwe to be readmitted to the Commonwealth group of nations when its suspension expires next month, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Monday. Howard said a decision by South African President Thabo Mbeki and Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo to cancel a meeting with him next month would effectively see Zimbabwe readmitted to the 54-nation grouping of former British colonies.