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Guinea's president declares martial law
Feb 13 2007 7:05PM (CT)
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - A strict curfew kept residents inside their homes in this West African capital Tuesday after Guinea's president declared martial law, but sporadic gunfire persisted as some youths tried to renew protests that killed dozens in recent days.
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Wave of bomb attacks kills 6 in Algeria
Feb 13 2007 5:38PM (CT)
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - A group linked to al-Qaida staged seven near-simultaneous bomb attacks Tuesday, targeting police in several towns east of Algiers and killing six people, officials said.
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Zimbabwe's inflation rate skyrockets
Feb 13 2007 2:27PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Huge price increases for bread, electricity and meat drove Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate to 1,593.6 percent, the Central Statistical Office was quoted Tuesday as saying.
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Nigerian Muslim convicts in legal limbo
Feb 13 2007 12:51PM (CT)
BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) - An Islamic court sentenced Mohammed Sagri to death by stoning months ago, but he doesn't expect to die any time soon.
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Gunmen in Nigeria release 24 hostages
Feb 13 2007 6:58AM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen on Tuesday released 24 Filipino sailors taken hostage in Nigeria's lawless southern oil-producing region, which has been roiled by weeks of stepped-up violence and kidnappings, officials said.
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