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President's palace in Mogadishu attacked
Jan 19 2007 6:51PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Government troops battled unidentified gunmen who attacked the Somali president's palace in central Mogadishu Friday night, spreading panic around the capital. A government spokesman said no one inside the presidential compound was injured in the attack.
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African Union experts to discuss Somalia
Jan 19 2007 6:36PM (CT)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - More than a decade after the U.S. and U.N. pulled failed peacekeeping missions out of Somalia, African governments are under growing pressure to mount a new intervention in one of the continent's most violent and unstable nations.
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African Union stays hopeful about Sudan
Jan 19 2007 3:59PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The African Union has high hopes for Darfur in 2007, planning ambitious political negotiations among warring parties and striving for a strong U.N. partnership on peacekeeping.
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Tunisian court convicts man in terror case
Jan 19 2007 1:13AM (CT)
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) - A 27-year-old Tunisian was convicted Thursday of belonging to an Algerian terrorist group and sentenced to 11 years in prison, the man's lawyer said.
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