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U.N. cuts Eritrea-Ethiopia peacekeepers
Jan 30 2007 10:22PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Security Council voted Tuesday to reduce the peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea from 2,300 troops to 1,700, expressing disappointment in the stalled process to draw the border between the feuding Horn of Africa neighbors.
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U.N. women peacekeepers in Liberia
Jan 30 2007 6:34PM (CT)
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - The United Nation's first women-only peacekeeping contingent _ made up about 100 Indian policewomen _ arrived in Liberia Tuesday, officials said.
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Liberians leave U.S. to build businesses
Jan 30 2007 2:44PM (CT)
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Ciata Victor gave up a high-paying tech job, a spacious condo and a first-world life in Maryland to return home to an African capital that barely has electricity or running water. After 26 years of watching from afar as her native Liberia was ravaged by coups and war, Victor says she's home to stay. And she's started a business _ running a seven-computer Internet cafe using a generator and a borrowed satellite hookup.
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Somali leader agrees to reconciliation
Jan 30 2007 2:24PM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Somalia's president agreed Tuesday to a national reconciliation conference to try to end 16 years of anarchy, under pressure from African governments considering sending peacekeepers to help him stabilize his country.
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More money sought to aid Darfur refugees
Jan 30 2007 1:13PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The U.N. refugee agency appealed Tuesday for additional money to help millions displaced by violence in Darfur as Sudanese, African and U.N. officials negotiate a peacekeeping deal for the troubled region. Despite a peace agreement signed last May between the Sudanese government and a single rebel group, fighting has only worsened in Darfur, a vast region of western Sudan where more than 200,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million chased from their home since 2003.
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