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Chad holds secret talks with rebels
Feb 26 2008 11:05PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Chad's foreign minister said Tuesday the government is holding secret discussions with rebel groups who support peace and national reconciliation following a coup attempt earlier this month.
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Al-Qaida case: Man sentenced to 5 years
Feb 26 2008 4:00PM (CT)
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) - A Mauritanian man was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday for his alleged affiliation with a group linked to al-Qaida.
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Nigerian court upholds elections
Feb 26 2008 3:09PM (CT)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - A Nigerian election tribunal sided Tuesday with the president in a challenge of the vote that brought him to power last year and which opposition leaders say was tainted by fraud.
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Nigerian court upholds elections
Feb 26 2008 3:09PM (CT)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - A Nigerian election tribunal sided Tuesday with the president in a challenge of the vote that brought him to power last year and which opposition leaders say was tainted by fraud.
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Annan suspends talks to end Kenya crisis
Feb 26 2008 1:51PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Mediator Kofi Annan suspended negotiations on Kenya's deadly postelection crisis and said Tuesday he would personally appeal for a power-sharing deal because talks were "turning around in circles."
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U.S worries over Zimbabwe elections
Feb 26 2008 1:48PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - U.S. officials said Tuesday that Washington was concerned over "ominous signs" Zimbabwe was unprepared to hold free and fair elections next month.
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Austrian peacekeepers head to Chad
Feb 26 2008 1:47PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - A contingent of about 50 Austrian troops headed to Chad early Tuesday to take part in a European Union peacekeeping mission, the Defense Ministry said.
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Sudan bans Danish goods in prophet case
Feb 26 2008 12:54PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Sudan has enacted a ban on Danish imports in reaction to the reprinting of a cartoon that satirizes Islam's Prophet Muhammad, the Sudanese state-run news agency said Tuesday.
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Police official slain in Somalia
Feb 26 2008 8:21AM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Men armed with pistols killed a police official in Somalia's capital, a spokesman said Tuesday. It was the latest in a series of attacks on the police force as the government struggles against an Islamic insurgency.
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