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France wins agreement in Darfur crisis
Feb 15 2007 9:28PM (CT)
CANNES, France (AP) - Looking to end the crisis in Darfur, France won agreement on Thursday from three involved African nations that they would not support armed rebel movements on each other's territories.
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U.N. extends Congo peacekeeping force
Feb 15 2007 9:26PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to extend the nearly 18,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force in Congo for two months to give the secretary-general time to recommend possible changes in its mandate following last year's successful elections.
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Anglican leaders discuss stance on gays
Feb 15 2007 9:22PM (CT)
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) - Leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans spent Thursday locked in discussion about the church's American wing, whose leader is under increasing pressure to reconsider her support for ordaining gays and blessing same-sex couples.
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4 civilians killed by mortars in Somalia
Feb 15 2007 11:48AM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Insurgents fired mortars Thursday into three Mogadishu neighborhoods where Ethiopian troops hold strategic positions, killing at least four civilians, witnesses said. One mortar shell fell near Mogadishu's Bakara market, killing three civilians and wounding five others, said Abdi Haji Nuur, who owns a shop in the area. Nearby Ethiopian troops returned fire with artillery, witnesses said.
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Bombings may signal new Algeria violence
Feb 15 2007 5:50AM (CT)
RABAT, Morocco (AP) - A deadly and carefully planned series of bomb attacks in Algeria by an al-Qaida affiliate may signal a new escalation in violence that could spread across North Africa and enter Europe, experts say.
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