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Zimbabwe threatens white farmers
Feb 5 2007 8:25PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Zimbabwe's national security minister has told the country's last remaining white farmers that they will be jailed if they refuse to abide by a deadline that passed over the weekend for them to leave their farms, according to a newspaper report on Monday.
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Tanzanian becomes new U.N. deputy chief
Feb 5 2007 6:57PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Tanzania's Asha-Rose Migiro took the oath of office Monday as U.N. deputy secretary-general, pledging to press U.N. reform and telling critics she has the management expertise to overhaul the world body.
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U.S. Embassy warns of Sudan threats
Feb 5 2007 5:22PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The U.S. Embassy warned Americans on Monday of a heightened terrorist threat against Westerners in Sudan.
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Reconciliation talks begin in Somali
Feb 5 2007 4:24PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's government began a weeklong meeting Monday with elders, traditional chiefs and representatives of aid groups as part of efforts to try to reconcile Somalis after 16 years of conflict.
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Hu announces development aid for Namibia
Feb 5 2007 3:14PM (CT)
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao announced new development aid for Namibia on Monday, promising an interest-free loan and money for schools in the sparsely populated, mineral-rich desert country.
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63 dead, 20 missing from Cameroon boat
Feb 5 2007 1:34PM (CT)
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) - An overloaded wooden boat sank in high waves off Cameroon's coast, killing at least 63 people, a government official said Monday. Fifteen passengers were believed to have survived, but at least 20 were missing and feared dead.
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Migrants' boat barred from Mauritania
Feb 5 2007 7:06AM (CT)
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) - A boat of about 200 migrants _ most believed to be from Pakistan _ was waiting off the Mauritanian coast Monday after the West African country refused to receive the craft intercepted by Spanish authorities.
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