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Official says Zimbabwe hungry and broke
Feb 28 2007 8:15PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Dozens of people were arrested Wednesday as pro-democracy activists defied a police ban on demonstrations and took to the streets to protest growing repression and economic hardship in Zimbabwe. The demonstration coincided with a bleak new warning by the head of the Zimbabwe state central bank that the nation is broke and using foreign currency needed for fuel and spare parts on food.
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Senegal's president appears victorious
Feb 28 2007 4:01PM (CT)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Senegal's president appeared to have won the country's election outright Wednesday, according to nearly complete results released by regional vote-counting centers and reported by the state-run news agency.
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Gunmen again kidnap foreigner in Nigeria
Feb 28 2007 1:15PM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen kidnapped a Lebanese worker Wednesday in Nigeria's restive southern oil region, the latest in a string of attacks across the increasingly lawless area, police said. The man, whose name was not released, was working on a construction project in Rivers State when he was seized, Police Commissioner Felix Ogbaudu said by telephone. More than 60 foreigners have been kidnapped this year in the oil-rich delta region _ nearly equaling the 2006 total. Hostages are generally r
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Ex-leader of Liberia accused of stealing
Feb 28 2007 11:22AM (CT)
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - The former president has been charged with stealing more than $1 million from Liberia's coffers while in office, government officials said Wednesday.
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Hundreds protest Mugabe visit to Namibia
Feb 28 2007 10:37AM (CT)
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) - Hundreds of people protested a visit Wednesday by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, holding signs reading, "Go home dictator." Police cordoned off the Zimbabwean Embassy, where demonstrators gathered. The local National Society for Human Rights called Mugabe's three-day state visit an insult to Namibia.
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Ugandan government, rebels decline talks
Feb 28 2007 7:38AM (CT)
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A Sudanese cease-fire monitor said he expected the Lord's Resistance Army to honor its truce with the Ugandan government even though the rebels refused to resume talks as the deal neared expiration Wednesday.
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SAfrica proposes elephant slaughter limits
Feb 28 2007 5:41AM (CT)
ADDO ELEPHANT PARK, South Africa (AP) - The environment minister on Wednesday proposed a package of measures _ including limited culling and contraception _ to slow rampant elephant population growth but stressed there would be no mass slaughter.
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U.N. Council supports force in Chad
Feb 28 2007 12:53AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council generally supports deploying a U.N. force in Chad and Central African Republic to protect civilians who have fled fighting and monitor borders to reduce cross-border attacks, council diplomats said Tuesday.
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