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U.S. tries to mark disputed African border
Jan 9 2006 7:21PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States launched a diplomatic initiative Monday to try to mark the contested border between Ethiopia and Eritrea, a dispute that led to a 2 1/2-year war in an area where both countries are again massing troops.
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U.N. adviser: Poverty threatens Africa
Jan 9 2006 3:53PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Promises of aid to Africa must be kept in 2006 or millions of people will die needlessly, the top U.N. adviser on poverty said Monday while insisting that every penny must be accounted for to ensure it is used properly.
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Rwandan convicted of killing tourists
Jan 9 2006 12:43PM (CT)
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A judge convicted a Rwandan rebel Monday of killing eight foreign tourists in 1999, including an Oregon couple and their guide who were on a gorilla-watching trip. Jean-Paul Bizimana, alias Xavier Van Dame, was to be sentenced at a hearing Friday and could face the death penalty.
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Peace in Sudan also brings uncertainty
Jan 9 2006 12:17PM (CT)
LANKIEN, Sudan (AP) - Refugees are coming back, young men are searching for brides and the hum of crickets and chirping birds has replaced the stutter of gunfire a year after a truce ended a 21-year war that killed 2 million people in southern Sudan.
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