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Liberian president unveils Cabinet picks
Jan 17 2006 4:14PM (CT)
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Tuesday unveiled her first nominations for Cabinet-level positions in Liberia's postwar elected government, tapping a female international banker to be her economy minister.
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Nigerians try to win oil workers' release
Jan 17 2006 2:51PM (CT)
YENAGOA, Nigeria (AP) - Negotiators worked Tuesday to free four foreigners held hostage in Nigeria's southern oil region as militants claiming to hold the captives said they would target oil installations if their demands were not met within days.
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Food shortages put many Kenyans in peril
Jan 17 2006 2:34PM (CT)
WAJIR, Kenya (AP) - Malnourished children cried feebly in a hospital in this drought-stricken corner of Kenya, too weak to even make themselves heard as aid agencies warned Tuesday that they do not have money to feed millions of Kenyans hit by food shortages.
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First lady touts textbook program in Ghana
Jan 17 2006 1:30PM (CT)
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - In a muggy college auditorium, first lady Laura Bush on Tuesday announced a U.S.-backed program to provide 15 million textbooks for students in sub-Saharan Africa where more than one-third of primary school aged children are not enrolled in school.
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