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Security Council split on Darfur conflict
Feb 27 2006 10:43PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council remained divided Monday on imposing punitive measures over the conflict in Darfur despite calls for sanctions against Sudanese allegedly blocking peace in the region.
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Burundi acknowledges rogue executions
Feb 27 2006 9:31PM (CT)
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) - Rogue soldiers and police officers in Burundi have executed and tortured suspected rebels and civilians, a government official acknowledged Monday. But he said such cases are investigated and the guilty punished.
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Nigeria militants foresee more violence
Feb 27 2006 2:30PM (CT)
BIRIYA-AMA, Nigeria (AP) - This village of palm-frond huts in Nigeria's southern Niger Delta sits atop one of Africa's richest energy deposits but has electricity only when one of its young men paddles a canoe to the nearest city to buy fuel for a generator.
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