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Somali violence spotlights fundamentalists
Feb 23 2006 10:59PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A recent upsurge in violence in Somalia's capital has focused attention anew on the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in the chaotic Horn of Africa state. The violence had killed at least 22 people and wounded more than 140 since Saturday.
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Nigerian militants release kidnap photos
Feb 23 2006 9:55PM (CT)
WARRI, Nigeria (AP) - Militants released photos of what they claimed were seven of nine foreigners kidnapped in Nigeria and threatened more attacks on the West African country's volatile oil industry and its workers.
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Nigerian Christians burn Muslim corpses
Feb 23 2006 3:55PM (CT)
ONITSHA, Nigeria (AP) - Christians in this southern Nigerian city burned Muslim corpses and defaced wrecked mosques Thursday after days of sectarian strife that has killed more than 120 people across the country.
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Powerful quake sends thousands fleeing
Feb 23 2006 11:36AM (CT)
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) - A powerful earthquake sent thousands of panicking people fleeing from swaying buildings in Mozambique and Zimbabwe soon after midnight Thursday, and killed at least two people.
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Uganda voters to choose new president
Feb 23 2006 5:23AM (CT)
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan voters lined up in parking lots, village squares and empty fields before dawn Thursday to choose between a leader who has ruled for 20 years and four challengers in the country's first multiparty elections in two decades.
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