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Somali insurgents threaten attacks
Feb 22 2007 10:34PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Extremists in Somalia threatened to carry out suicide attacks against African Union peacekeepers who are to begin deploying in the coming days, and the capital's international airport came under mortar fire Thursday.
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Guinea may extend martial law
Feb 22 2007 4:23PM (CT)
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - The head of the National Assembly said Thursday the legislature plans to extend martial law in the troubled West African country if union leaders and the government do not reach agreement over the president's powers.
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Swimming lessons a lifeline for Ugandans
Feb 22 2007 2:06PM (CT)
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - When many people think of aid to Africa, they imagine sacks of grain for the starving or blankets for the homeless. But in Uganda, one charity is offering something different: swimming lessons. "After AIDS and malaria, drowning is the biggest cause of death in our local communities here on the lake," says Patrick Tumwijukye, manager of a charity that is coordinating swimming lessons on Lake Bunyonyi, in the country's far west.
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Cyclone makes landfall in Mozambique
Feb 22 2007 8:39AM (CT)
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) - Cyclone Favio swept ashore Thursday in central Mozambique with sustained winds of 125 mph, bringing heavy rain and new misery to tens of thousands of people already forced from their homes by flooding. A second storm, Cyclone Gamede, churned in the Indian Ocean northeast of Madagascar and threatened to make landfall in the same area before dawn Friday, officials said.
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