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U.N. official: More Kenyans to need aid
Mar 5 2006 8:50PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The number of Kenyans who will depend on food aid this year may rise well past the current 3.5 million because of the country's prolonged drought, the head of the U.N. food agency said Sunday.
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Zimbabwe sells permits to foreign hunters
Mar 5 2006 4:42PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Foreign hunters bid a total of $1.5 million to shoot leopards, lions, elephants and buffaloes in Zimbabwe this year, state media reported Sunday.
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Militants vow new attacks in Nigeria
Mar 5 2006 4:40PM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Militants threatened more attacks on Nigeria's oil facilities and vowed Sunday to cut daily oil exports by 1 million barrels, adding to concerns for OPEC as it prepares for a strategy meeting this week.
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Outgoing Benin leader criticizes election
Mar 5 2006 4:10PM (CT)
COTONOU, Benin (AP) - Benin's outgoing president criticized a lack of transparency in elections held Sunday to determine who will succeed him after nearly three decades as head of this tiny West African nation.
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