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ANC takes two-thirds of votes in S. Africa
Mar 4 2006 7:02PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - The ruling African National Congress won two-thirds of council seats in local elections, according to final results released Saturday.
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Algeria frees militants in mass pardon
Mar 4 2006 4:34PM (CT)
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Algeria freed a first group of Islamic militants Saturday after deciding to pardon or reduce sentences for more than 2,000 people detained during an insurgency in the 1990s.
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U.N. faces severe food shortage in Kenya
Mar 4 2006 4:14PM (CT)
EL WAK, Kenya (AP) - The U.N. food agency will soon run out of food needed to feed some 3.5 million Kenyans facing prolonged drought because it has received a fraction of the required funding, officials said Saturday.
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Alleged gang leader extradited to France
Mar 4 2006 11:44AM (CT)
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - The suspected leader of a gang accused of torturing to death a a young Jewish man near Paris was extradited to France on Saturday.
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Benin to hold presidential elections Sun.
Mar 4 2006 2:52AM (CT)
COTONOU, Benin (AP) - The tiny West African nation of Benin chooses a new leader Sunday in a wide open presidential race taking place for the first time in more than three decades without the country's two most powerful politicians.
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