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U.S., Africans vow to fight terrorism
Feb 7 2007 10:31PM (CT)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Military chiefs of nine African countries pledged Wednesday to work with U.S. forces to prevent the spread of terrorism in the Sahara desert region.
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Filipino woman kidnapped in Nigeria
Feb 7 2007 9:35PM (CT)
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - Kidnappers seized a woman from the Philippines on Wednesday in Nigeria's oil-producing region, police said, marking the first female captive known taken in an upsurge of violence roiling Africa's oil giant.
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Angola government says storms kill 114
Feb 7 2007 4:34PM (CT)
LUANDA, Angola (AP) - Storms that lashed Angola in recent weeks led to the deaths of 114 people, according to a government report cited by state media Wednesday.
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Sudan downplays U.N.'s Darfur criticism
Feb 7 2007 4:23PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Sudan dismissed U.N. criticism of President Omar al-Bashir's failure to approve a joint U.N.-African Union force for conflict-torn Darfur, insisting Wednesday that only "minor details" stand in the way of an agreement.
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China to increase imports from Africa
Feb 7 2007 2:54PM (CT)
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao promised Wednesday to increase imports from Africa, responding to fears about the trade deficit that increased as China pumped unprecedented aid, investment and loans into the poor but resource-rich continent.
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French diplomat slain in Ivory Coast
Feb 7 2007 11:40AM (CT)
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - A French diplomat with the European Union was shot to death in his home overnight, a spokesman for the French Embassy said Wednesday.
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More than 115 dead in Somalia of cholera
Feb 7 2007 9:36AM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A cholera outbreak in Somalia has killed more than 115 people and hospitalized 724 in towns where people were forced to use contaminated water from a flooded river, doctors said Wednesday. More violence hit the capital, a day after the president ruled out talks with a moderate leader of Somalia's ousted Islamic movement, a setback for efforts to hold broad reconciliation talks in the war-torn country.
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Embassy warns Americans on Kenya visits
Feb 7 2007 4:16AM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The U.S. Embassy issued a strong warning Wednesday to Americans considering a visit to Kenya, saying violent crime was increasing and that Kenyan authorities have limited capacity to prevent it.
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Sudan leader frustrates Security Council
Feb 7 2007 1:02AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Security Council members expressed frustration and skepticism Tuesday at Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's failure to give a green light to a joint United Nations-African Union force to help bring peace to conflict-wracked Darfur.
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