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African leaders denounce international court
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7.3.2009 : 8:09 pm
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SIRTE, Libya -- After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in Darfur.
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US demands more reforms in Zimbabwe
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7.3.2009 : 12:57 pm
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HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Outgoing U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe James D. McGee promised more United States support for the country's political and economic recovery Friday but said democratic reforms needed to be in place first.
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South Africa holds Jackson moonwalk tribute
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7.3.2009 : 11:10 am
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JOHANNESBURG -- Hundreds of Michael Jackson fans in South Africa have gathered to moonwalk and pay tribute to the late singer.
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Somali rebels vow more attacks
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7.3.2009 : 9:16 am
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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Extremist rebels in Somalia said Friday they will continue attacking African Union peacekeepers, after fighting this week killed more than 20 people and left hospitals so crowded that patients were being treated in tents.
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Comoros crash spotlights 3rd-world air travel risk
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7.2.2009 : 8:11 pm
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JOHANNESBURG -- First there was smoke, then flames burst out of the aircraft engine. But I was having difficulty communicating with the Mozambican flight attendant who was fussing with warm sodas and soggy sandwiches and did not speak English.
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Kenya ranked most corrupt country in East Africa
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7.2.2009 : 12:04 pm
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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya is the most corrupt country in East Africa, an international watchdog said Thursday after surveying residents in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
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Guinea-Bissau election heads to second round
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7.2.2009 : 7:36 am
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BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau -- The top two candidates in a presidential ballot held to replace Guinea-Bissau's assassinated leader will face each other in a second round, the tiny African nation's electoral commission announced Thursday.
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AU lifts sanctions against Mauritania
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7.1.2009 : 6:36 am
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- The African Union has lifted sanctions against Mauritania that were imposed after an August coup.
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Niger opposition leader released after arrest
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7.1.2009 : 6:01 am
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NIAMEY, Niger -- A party spokesman says that Niger's main opposition leader was released two and a half hours after he was arrested and questioned by police.
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3 Moroccan newspapers fined over Gadhafi insults
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6.29.2009 : 3:15 pm
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RABAT, Morocco -- A Moroccan court has fined three local newspapers on charges they insulted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
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4 to face terror charges in Morocco
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6.29.2009 : 1:49 pm
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RABAT, Morocco -- Moroccan authorities say four suspects have been brought before a Moroccan court to face charges of plotting terrorist actions and drug trafficking in Spain and Morocco.
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Somali rebels threaten violent response to US arms
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6.29.2009 : 12:31 pm
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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A radical Islamic group in Somalia has threatened to seize weapons and ammunition the U.S. has supplied to the nation's embattled government.
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Zimbabwe's ex-opposition mulls break with gov't
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6.29.2009 : 10:16 am
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HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's former opposition party said Monday it would boycott the next Cabinet meeting and was considering disengaging from a troubled, four-month-old unity government with President Robert Mugabe.
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Zimbabwe's ex-opposition mulls break with gov't
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6.29.2009 : 10:15 am
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HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's former opposition party said Monday it would boycott the next Cabinet meeting and was considering disengaging from a troubled, four-month-old unity government with President Robert Mugabe.
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Militants attack oil platform in Nigeria
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6.29.2009 : 9:18 am
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria -- Nigerian militants damaged and partly shut down an offshore oil platform belonging to Royal Dutch Shell PLC on Monday — five days after the government offered a general amnesty to the country's militant groups.
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Kenya security forces accused of torture
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6.29.2009 : 8:25 am
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NAIROBI, Kenya -- A human rights group says Kenyan security forces tortured hundreds of civilians and raped at least a dozen women during a three-day operation to disarm militias in the country's remote northeast.
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Niger president assumes emergency powers
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6.27.2009 : 10:02 am
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NIAMEY, Niger -- The president of Niger has assumed emergency powers and said he will govern the uranium-rich African nation by decree, leading opposition leaders on Saturday to lash out at the increasingly authoritarian leader.
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Mauritania president gives up claim to power
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6.27.2009 : 7:37 am
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NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania -- More than 10 months after being overthrown in a military coup, Mauritania's first freely elected president has given up his claim to power and officially resigned.
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Guinea-Bissau holds elections Sunday
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6.27.2009 : 1:10 am
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BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau -- Guinea-Bissau, a West African country known for its political crises and coups, votes for a new leader on Sunday to replace the late President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, who was assassinated more than three months ago.
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Oil, diamonds on Russian leader's agenda in Angola
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6.26.2009 : 10:34 am
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LUANDA, Angola -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was visiting oil- and diamond-rich Angola on Friday, hoping to boost economic ties with the southern African country that has had close relations with Moscow since the Cold War.
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South Africa confirms 2nd swine flu case
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6.26.2009 : 7:09 am
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JOHANNESBURG -- Health officials have confirmed South Africa's second swine flu case, a 29-year-old man visiting from France.
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Rights group: abuse in Zimbabwe diamond fields
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6.26.2009 : 3:54 am
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JOHANNESBURG -- Human Rights Watch says soldiers and police have taken over diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe, forcing men, women and children to find the precious gems and beating villagers who get in the way.
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Moroccan activist gets 3-years in jail on contempt
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6.25.2009 : 1:36 pm
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CASABLANCA, Morocco -- The chairman of one of Morocco's human rights organizations has been sentenced to three years in jail for contempt of public authorities.
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USAID commits $1 million to climate initiative
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6.25.2009 : 7:49 am
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JOHANNESBURG -- The US development agency says it will give $1 million to a newly launched Red Cross project that aims to help people living along a major Southern African river contend with a dramatic increase in floods in the face of climate change.
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Togo lawmakers abolish death penalty
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6.24.2009 : 2:08 pm
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LOME, Togo -- Lawmakers in Togo have unanimously voted to abolish the death penalty in the African country.
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Concern raised about diamond smuggling in Zimbabwe
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6.23.2009 : 4:21 pm
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WINDHOEK, Namibia -- An international body created to stop the sale of diamonds to finance warfare or insurgencies has failed to end Zimbabwe's illegal gem trade, a global monitoring organization said Tuesday.
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20 female prisoners raped in Congo jail break
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6.23.2009 : 11:10 am
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KINSHASA, Congo -- Congo's attorney general says that around 20 female prisoners were raped during a botched prison break attempt.
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Tunisia reports its first 2 swine flu cases
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6.22.2009 : 5:12 pm
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TUNIS, Tunisia -- Tunisia's official news agency says health authorities have confirmed the country's first cases of swine flu — in two Tunisians who had traveled to the U.S.
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Madagascar's regime cool to call for negotiations
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6.22.2009 : 3:19 pm
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ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar -- The politician accused of conducting a coup in Madagascar said Monday he was open to talks overseen by Mozambique's respected former president to try to resolve a political crisis here.
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AU supports Somalia plea for foreign troops
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6.22.2009 : 8:42 am
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- The African Union is supporting Somalia's plea for neighboring countries to send troops to help fight Islamist insurgents.
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Ruler with 45 homes among world's most corrupt
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6.20.2009 : 9:14 pm
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LIBREVILLE, Gabon -- When longtime dictator Omar Bongo died last week, he left behind at least 66 bank accounts. The first family owned 45 homes in France, including at least 14 in Paris and 11 on the French Riviera. And they boasted of 19 or more luxury cars, including a Bugatti sports model that cost the Republic of Gabon $1.5 million.
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Ethiopia confirms its first cases of swine flu
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6.20.2009 : 12:52 pm
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Ethiopia's health minister says the country's first cases of swine flu have been confirmed in two students.
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Winfrey visits art festival at her SAfrican school
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6.19.2009 : 7:19 pm
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HENLEY-ON-KLIP, South Africa -- Oprah Winfrey sat rapt in the front row of the state-of-the-art theater during a show put on by the poor girls she has built an exclusive school for.
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1 in 4 South African men surveyed admit to rape
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6.19.2009 : 11:54 am
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- South Africa's Medical Research Council says that more than a quarter of men it surveyed admitted that they have raped a woman.
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Nigeria investigates Ukrainian plane carrying arms
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6.19.2009 : 11:52 am
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- A Ukrainian cargo plane loaded with arms bound for Equatorial Guinea has been detained in Nigeria while authorities investigate, police said Friday.
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Somali security minister killed in explosion
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6.18.2009 : 8:05 pm
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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Somalia's national security minister and at least 24 other people have been killed in a suicide attack in western Somalia, and an extremist Islamic group with alleged links to al-Qaida claimed responsibility.
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Kenyan veterans to sue Britain for alleged torture
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6.18.2009 : 3:47 pm
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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenyan independence veterans will file a lawsuit against the British government next week for the torture they claim they suffered under British colonial rule more than 50 years ago, a spokesman for the veterans said Thursday.
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Amnesty: Human rights in Zimbabwe still grim
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6.18.2009 : 2:59 pm
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HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Amnesty International's director said Thursday the situation in Zimbabwe remains grim despite promises of reform and that some in President Robert Mugabe's party still regard violence as a legitimate political tool.
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Moroccan customs agents seize 1.7 tons of hashish
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6.18.2009 : 11:10 am
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RABAT, Morocco -- Moroccan customs agents have seized 1.77 tons of hashish in the north of the country that had been headed to Europe.
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Omar Bongo, longtime leader of Gabon, buried
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6.18.2009 : 10:51 am
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LIBREVILLE, Gabon -- Omar Bongo of Gabon, one of the world's longest ruling heads of state, was buried Thursday in his native province after a weeklong state funeral that saw nearly two dozen world leaders pay their respects.
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Militants kill 21 Algerian police
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6.18.2009 : 8:13 am
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ALGIERS, Algeria -- Local officials and Algerian newspapers say al-Qaida-linked militants have ambushed a police convoy escorting Chinese workers, killing at least 21 officers.
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Relocation of elephants in Malawi resumes
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6.18.2009 : 7:20 am
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JOHANNESBURG -- A Malawi court has dismissed a legal challenge to the relocation of more than 60 elephants from a rural area where they were getting into deadly battles with villagers.
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Organizers: Zimbabwe police break up demonstration
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6.17.2009 : 12:10 pm
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HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Organizers of a demonstration in Zimbabwe say police violently dispersed protesters in the African country's No. 2 city, arresting at least nine.
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Mali army attacks al-Qaida militants on borders
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6.17.2009 : 7:54 am
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BAMAKO, Mali -- A Mali army spokesman says the military has attacked a suspected al-Qaida militant base near the northern border with Algeria, an operation that killed at least five government soldiers.
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Presidents, dictators at Gabon leader's funeral
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6.16.2009 : 7:18 pm
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LIBREVILLE, Gabon -- Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Gabon's capital Tuesday to say farewell to late President Omar Bongo, whose flag-draped coffin was paraded through the heart of a nation he was accused of pillaging during four decades of rule.
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France's Sarkozy says Iran gov't reaction 'brutal'
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6.16.2009 : 1:19 pm
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LIBREVILLE, Gabon -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday denounced the Iranian government's "brutal" reaction to demonstrators protesting the nation's disputed election, calling the situation there "extremely alarming."
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Algerian man takes hostage at Morocco consulate
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6.15.2009 : 3:27 pm
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ALGIERS, Algeria -- Morocco's state news agency says an Algerian man seeking a visa to travel to neighboring Morocco took a Swiss man hostage for several hours in the Moroccan consulate in Algiers.
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Soweto's miracle: From strife to World Cup glow
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6.13.2009 : 9:05 pm
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JOHANNESBURG -- Having seen one impossible dream come true — the death of apartheid — Soweto is getting ready for another: the arrival of soccer's World Cup, the most-watched sporting event on the planet.
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Pro-monarchy party leads in Morocco
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6.13.2009 : 3:08 pm
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RABAT, Morocco -- Morocco's Interior Minister says a new party close to the monarchy has won the most seats in the North African country's local elections, while Islamists have made a poor showing.
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Amnesty: 2 million people live in Nairobi slums
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6.12.2009 : 10:45 am
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NAIROBI, Kenya -- More than half the population of Kenya's capital — some 2 million people — live in slums or informal settlements under threat of forced eviction and without access to such basic services as water or education, Amnesty International said Friday.
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Angola faces drop in foreign reserves
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6.12.2009 : 8:20 am
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LUANDA, Angola -- Angola says its foreign reserves dropped by more than $5 million in the first five months of the year and that it faces a 14.7 percent budget deficit.
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