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Egypt is willing to intervene militarily against piracy in the Gulf of ...
Cairo :: Egypt | 2 days ago | Political News
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BiodunIginla 
by Nasra Ismail, reporting for Biodun Iginla @ BBC News, from Nablus, Palestine Sat 29 Nov 2008, 9:24 GMT [ - ] Text [ + ] CAIRO - Egypt is willing to intervene militarily against piracy in the Gulf of...
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Kenya witch doctor predicts Obama win
Nairobi :: Kenya | 27 days ago | Political News
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benjiross
As the United States presidential election looms, it's not just polls in the US that are putting Democratic candidate Barack Obama in the lead. A witch doctor in Kogelo, western Kenya, where Obama's father grew up, on Saturday also predicted...
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Congolese soldiers advance on rebels
Kinkala :: Congo | 22 days ago | Political News
Posted by
kalex 
Congolese soldiers advanced toward rebel lines Saturday in renewed fighting that threatens a tenuous cease-fire around the eastern provincial capital Goma Renewed fighting erupted Friday, and by Saturday morning the army had moved more than half a mile (at least...
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U.N. and African leaders meet on Congo crisis
Nairobi :: Kenya | 24 days ago | Political News
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kalex
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon met African leaders at a summit in Kenya on Friday to try and end the conflict in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo before it engulfs the whole region. Fighting between rebel leader Laurent Nkunda...
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Britain says EU could send troops to Congo
Djambala :: Congo | 29 days ago | Political News
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kalex
The European Union could send troops to Congo if a fragile cease-fire between rebel fighters and the army fails, the U.K. minister for African affairs said Saturday as rebels forced tens of thousands of people from makeshift refugee camps in...
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Congo 'catastrophe' feared as Goma fears the worst
Gamboma :: Congo | about 1 month ago | Political News
Posted by
kalex
Congo rebels agreed Thursday to open humanitarian corridors near besieged Goma, but aid agencies warned of a "catastrophe" as terrified residents recounted tales of rape, looting and murder. Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, whose forces are on the edge of the...
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UN: Rebels fire rockets at peacekeepers in Congo
Gamboma :: Congo | about 1 month ago | Political News
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kalex
The United Nations says rebels have fired rockets at two vehicles carrying peacekeepers during heavy fighting in Congo. U.N. spokesman Col. Samba Tall says some soldiers were slightly injured and both vehicles were damaged in the attack on Sunday. Tall...
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zim talks a nightmare
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 25 days ago | Political News
Posted by
hideoshi
As zimbabweans passionately awaits the outcome of Sunday talks deadlock, scheduled for south africa, mr morgan tsvangirai of the opposition party, mdc, has shifted his stance and is now demanding elections even if mr mugabe of zanu-pf concedes to his...
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House meets to debate US bail-out
Lagos :: Nigeria | about 1 month ago | Political News
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philipol
Members of the US House of Representatives are considering a revised $700bn (£380bn) plan to rescue America's financial sector. Party leaders are hoping the House, which stunned global markets by rejecting the initial plan, will follow the Senate and back...
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Zimbabwe deal rejected by MDC leader
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 21 days ago | Political News
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BiodunIginla
by Natalie Duval--reporting for Biodun Iginla and Emily Straton, BBC News, London, Hong Kong, and Minneapolis--from Djibouti ____________________
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